Dekker
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEK-er
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Dekker is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “roofer, thatcher”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Dekker mean?
Germanic: spelling of Decker; Dutch, German and English occupational surname
“roofer, thatcher”
Originally a surname for someone who covered roofs, from a word meaning to cover.
Meaning borrowed from Decker.
Is Dekker a girl's or a boy's name?
Dekker is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dekker in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Dekker, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
2025 had fewer boys named Dekker than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Dekker in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 126 boys in the US were given Dekker or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,299, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
- Decker 117
- Dekker 9
Dekker in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Names like Dekker
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan Deacon Kayden Finnegan Raiden Ronan Finn Cassian Callan Bridger Brayden Aiden
Other spellings of Dekker
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, “Dekker: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dekker, updated 20 October 2026.