Darrick
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAIR-ik
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Darrick is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Darrick mean?
Germanic: 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.
Is Darrick a girl's or a boy's name?
Darrick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darrick in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Darrick, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 393 boys. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the boys named Darrick in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Darrick in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 42 | #2,846 |
| 2008 | 39 | #3,004 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,473 |
| 2006 | 53 | #2,347 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,031 |
| 2004 | 72 | #1,745 |
| 2003 | 63 | #1,867 |
| 2002 | 77 | #1,586 |
| 2001 | 83 | #1,468 |
| 2000 | 93 | #1,358 |
| 1999 | 72 | #1,542 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,356 |
| 1997 | 69 | #1,506 |
| 1996 | 90 | #1,234 |
| 1995 | 95 | #1,183 |
| 1994 | 129 | #968 |
| 1993 | 109 | #1,056 |
| 1992 | 110 | #1,040 |
| 1991 | 151 | #841 |
| 1990 | 154 | #818 |
| 1989 | 146 | #816 |
| 1988 | 120 | #864 |
| 1987 | 113 | #879 |
| 1986 | 117 | #835 |
| 1985 | 134 | #764 |
| 1984 | 123 | #780 |
| 1983 | 131 | #755 |
| 1982 | 130 | #774 |
| 1981 | 153 | #701 |
| 1980 | 199 | #619 |
| 1979 | 252 | #533 |
| 1978 | 355 | #414 |
| 1977 | 323 | #444 |
| 1976 | 295 | #455 |
| 1975 | 295 | #470 |
| 1974 | 288 | #471 |
| 1973 | 313 | #444 |
| 1972 | 314 | #447 |
| 1971 | 393 | #407 |
| 1970 | 337 | #447 |
| 1969 | 254 | #481 |
| 1968 | 147 | #622 |
| 1967 | 147 | #618 |
| 1966 | 124 | #663 |
| 1965 | 131 | #651 |
| 1964 | 100 | #763 |
| 1963 | 107 | #751 |
| 1962 | 83 | #831 |
| 1961 | 72 | #900 |
| 1960 | 74 | #885 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,067 |
| 1958 | 53 | #1,048 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,129 |
| 1956 | 40 | #1,202 |
| 1955 | 25 | #1,537 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,043 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
Names like Darrick
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Derrick, Derek, Kendrick, Patrick, Daniel, Jeffrey, Dustin, Dylan, Ryan, Jason, Damon, Garrett
Names related to Darrick
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Darrick: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darrick, updated 20 October 2026.