Derica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAIR-i-ka
- Origin
- Germanic
Derica is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler of the people”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Derica mean?
Germanic: feminine of Derek, from Theodoric
“ruler of the people”
Is Derica a girl's or a boy's name?
Derica is a girls' name.
How popular is Derica in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Derica in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Derica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Derica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Derica
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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, “Derica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/derica, updated 20 October 2026.