# Derrek (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/derrek/  
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 | 3,047 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,047 / 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 | 27 | 3,822 |
| 2012 | 21 | 4,579 |
| 2013 | 23 | 4,214 |
| 2014 | 24 | 4,169 |
| 2015 | 19 | 4,928 |
| 2016 | 24 | 4,224 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,790 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6,802 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,509 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,305 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,216 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,209 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,860 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,146 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,498 |

## People named Derrek

- Derrek Lee, American baseball player
- Derrek Dickey, American basketball player (1951–2002)

## 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.