Darik
Boy · DAIR-ik · Germanic
Darik is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler of the people”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Darik mean?
Germanic: spelling of Darrick, itself a spelling of Derrick, from the Dutch form of Theodoric
“ruler of the people”
A spelling of Derrick, from Diederik, the Dutch form of the Germanic name Theodoric.
- Say it
- DAIR-ik
Meaning borrowed from Darrick.
Is Darik a girl's or a boy's name?
Darik is a boys' name.
How popular is Darik in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the boys named Darik in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Darik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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