Dedric
Boy · DED-rik · Germanic
Dedric is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Dedric mean?
Germanic: probably from Dietrich, the German form of Theodoric
“ruler of the people”
Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, ruled Italy around AD 500.
- Say it
- DED-rik
Is Dedric a girl's or a boy's name?
Dedric is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dedric in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Dedric, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 107 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had more boys named Dedric than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Dedric in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dedric in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,878 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,123 |
| 1997 | 38 | #2,225 |
| 1996 | 47 | #1,904 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,205 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 33 | #1,722 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 40 | #1,524 |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,056 |
| 1978 | 86 | #932 |
| 1977 | 107 | #822 |
| 1976 | 95 | #853 |
| 1975 | 87 | #886 |
| 1974 | 80 | #903 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,014 |
| 1972 | 68 | #984 |
| 1971 | 97 | #821 |
| 1970 | 72 | #940 |
| 1969 | 59 | #1,000 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
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