Derrick
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Derrick
Derek is one of those names that, in its heyday, spawned lots of variations, all trendy. Last year, about 300 baby boys were named Derrick and about 1350 were named Derek.
Derrick is also given to girls.
Pronounced DER-ik.
As of October 2026, Derrick ranked #13377 in US births in 2005 SSA, peaked at #2002 in 1974.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #354 | 913 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #384 | 835 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #420 | 748 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #442 | 701 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #479 | 610 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #494 | 580 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #549 | 518 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #606 | 458 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #713 | 370 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #758 | 343 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #818 | 305 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #850 | 288 |
World rankings
Derrick for boys
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Derrick on lists
Famous Derricks
- Derrick Martell RoseBoy
American basketball player
- Derrick WatkinsBoy
birth name of Fonzworth Bentley, American musician, author and TV personality
- Derrick Jones aka DBoy
Nice, American rapper
- Derrick RostagnoBoy
American tennis player
- Derrick Dewan BrooksBoy
American NFL football player
- Derrick MayBoy
American techno musician
- Derrick Vincent ThomasBoy
American NFL football player
- Derrick James MasonBoy
American NFL football player
- Derrick "DJ" O’Hara JohnsonBoy
American NFL football player
- Derrick RamseyBoy
American NFL football player
- Derrick ColemanBoy
American basketball player
- Derrick BrewBoy
American Olympic runner
- Derrick Bernard FavorsBoy
American basketball player
- Derrick BarryBoy
drag queen/female impersonater
- Derrick KankakeeBoy
founder of Kankakee Community College.
- Derrick DerricoBoy
son of Karen and Deon Derrico, featured on TLC’s ‘Doubling Down with the Derricos’
Derrick in pop culture
- Derrick AdlerBoy
character on TV's "Close to Home"
- Derrick HarringtonBoy
character in The Clique Series
- "DerrickBoy
" German TV series featuring DCI Stephan Derrick
- Derrick 'Derry' and Derrick 'Roddy' FarrarBoy
father and son characters in "Vital Signs" by Barbara Wood
- Introduced into England via the Low Countries (a late 16thBoy
century London hangman called Derick is the origin of the use of "derrick" for a hoisting apparatus)