# Derik (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/derik/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,508 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,508 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 | 2,447 |
| 2012 | 42 | 2,832 |
| 2013 | 46 | 2,600 |
| 2014 | 30 | 3,553 |
| 2015 | 30 | 3,606 |
| 2016 | 27 | 3,908 |
| 2017 | 25 | 4,136 |
| 2018 | 29 | 3,728 |
| 2019 | 23 | 4,370 |
| 2020 | 26 | 3,946 |
| 2021 | 36 | 3,257 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,014 |
| 2023 | 36 | 3,311 |
| 2024 | 34 | 3,408 |
| 2025 | 27 | 3,973 |

## People named Derik

- Derik Queen, American basketball player (born 2004)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.