Derrek
Boy · DAIR-ik · Germanic
Derrek is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Derrek mean?
Germanic: spelling of Derek, from Theodoric
“ruler of the people”
Derek is the English form of Dutch Diederik, equivalent to German Dietrich.
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Is Derrek a girl's or a boy's name?
Derrek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Derrek in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Derrek, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1989, with 128 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
2025 had fewer boys named Derrek than any year since 1957.
Half of all the boys named Derrek in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Derrek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 46 | #2,463 |
| 2004 | 48 | #2,340 |
| 2003 | 43 | #2,424 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | 45 | #2,245 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,731 |
| 1999 | 42 | #2,196 |
| 1998 | 58 | #1,738 |
| 1997 | 58 | #1,690 |
| 1996 | 77 | #1,373 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,425 |
| 1994 | 75 | #1,341 |
| 1993 | 94 | #1,151 |
| 1992 | 89 | #1,173 |
| 1991 | 115 | #993 |
| 1990 | 118 | #956 |
| 1989 | 128 | #888 |
| 1988 | 106 | #928 |
| 1987 | 111 | #891 |
| 1986 | 80 | #1,040 |
| 1985 | 86 | #983 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,189 |
| 1983 | 59 | #1,178 |
| 1982 | 78 | #1,023 |
| 1981 | 67 | #1,111 |
| 1980 | 68 | #1,098 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,221 |
| 1978 | 49 | #1,286 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,312 |
| 1976 | 39 | #1,427 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,529 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,471 |
| 1973 | 32 | #1,514 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,098 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,199 |
| 1970 | 36 | #1,395 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,131 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 26 | #1,509 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,294 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 20 | #1,791 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
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