# Derrick (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/derrick/  
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 | /ˈdɛɹɪk/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 146,344 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 145,347 / 997 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 191, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 39 | 2,525 |
| 1987 | 34 | 2,865 |
| 1988 | 26 | 3,609 |
| 1989 | 15 | 5,622 |
| 1990 | 13 | 6,566 |
| 1991 | 9 | 8,783 |
| 1992 | 7 | 10,793 |
| 1993 | 18 | 5,269 |
| 1994 | 7 | 10,869 |
| 1995 | 9 | 8,960 |
| 1999 | 5 | 15,040 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16,119 |
| 2003 | 7 | 12,761 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,636 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,378 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,098 | 301 |
| 2012 | 1,053 | 313 |
| 2013 | 981 | 330 |
| 2014 | 914 | 353 |
| 2015 | 835 | 384 |
| 2016 | 748 | 421 |
| 2017 | 702 | 442 |
| 2018 | 610 | 479 |
| 2019 | 580 | 494 |
| 2020 | 518 | 549 |
| 2021 | 458 | 606 |
| 2022 | 370 | 713 |
| 2023 | 344 | 758 |
| 2024 | 308 | 813 |
| 2025 | 288 | 850 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 2,400 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Derrick

- Derrick Rose, American basketball player (born 1988)
- Derrick Favors, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Derrick Williams, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Derrick Adkins, American athletics competitor (born 1970)
- Derrick Jensen, American ecophilosopher, radical environmentalist, and anti-civilization advocate
- Derrick Brew, American athletics competitor
- Derrick Coleman, American basketball player (born 1967)
- Derrick Jones Jr., American basketball player (1993-)
- Derrick Atkins, Bahama athletics competitor
- Derrick Lewis, American mixed martial artist
- Derrick Alston, American basketball player (born 1972)
- Derrick Henry, American football player (born 1994)

## 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.