Dereck
Boy · Germanic
Dereck is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 688th for boys in the US (396 babies).
What does Dereck mean?
Germanic
A male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Derek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Dereck a girl's or a boy's name?
Dereck is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 396 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dereck in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #688among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 396about 1 in 4,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 224% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 396 boys in the US were named Dereck, making it the 688th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,437th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 413 boys. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the boys named Dereck in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,587 boys in the US were given Dereck or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #246, up from #688 for this spelling alone.
- Derek 1,191
- Dereck 396
Dereck in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 396 | #688 |
| 2024 | 413 | #663 |
| 2023 | 291 | #835 |
| 2022 | 203 | #1,076 |
| 2021 | 131 | #1,397 |
| 2020 | 120 | #1,437 |
| 2019 | 104 | #1,592 |
| 2018 | 116 | #1,489 |
| 2017 | 145 | #1,256 |
| 2016 | 125 | #1,399 |
| 2015 | 129 | #1,353 |
| 2014 | 149 | #1,225 |
| 2013 | 157 | #1,149 |
| 2012 | 133 | #1,299 |
| 2011 | 159 | #1,136 |
| 2010 | 144 | #1,228 |
| 2009 | 165 | #1,118 |
| 2008 | 157 | #1,154 |
| 2007 | 148 | #1,188 |
| 2006 | 108 | #1,438 |
| 2005 | 132 | #1,200 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,392 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,408 |
| 2002 | 85 | #1,480 |
| 2001 | 92 | #1,375 |
| 2000 | 82 | #1,483 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,326 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,389 |
| 1997 | 106 | #1,151 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,332 |
| 1995 | 111 | #1,063 |
| 1994 | 107 | #1,074 |
| 1993 | 126 | #956 |
| 1992 | 133 | #914 |
| 1991 | 139 | #889 |
| 1990 | 170 | #773 |
| 1989 | 187 | #721 |
| 1988 | 163 | #738 |
| 1987 | 167 | #708 |
| 1986 | 142 | #760 |
| 1985 | 142 | #746 |
| 1984 | 148 | #715 |
| 1983 | 163 | #669 |
| 1982 | 158 | #690 |
| 1981 | 128 | #771 |
| 1980 | 153 | #701 |
| 1979 | 104 | #851 |
| 1978 | 77 | #983 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,036 |
| 1976 | 58 | #1,111 |
| 1975 | 73 | #961 |
| 1974 | 70 | #977 |
| 1973 | 84 | #865 |
| 1972 | 77 | #911 |
| 1971 | 77 | #928 |
| 1970 | 90 | #848 |
| 1969 | 72 | #900 |
| 1968 | 65 | #893 |
| 1967 | 53 | #992 |
| 1966 | 54 | #991 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,064 |
| 1964 | 54 | #1,025 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,068 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,146 |
| 1961 | 47 | #1,147 |
| 1960 | 50 | #1,097 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,336 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,304 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,582 |
| 1956 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
Names like Dereck
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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