Derricka
Girl · DAIR-ih-kuh · Germanic
Derricka 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 Derricka mean?
Germanic: feminine of Derrick, a variant of Derek
“ruler of the people”
A feminine form of Derrick, a variant of Derek, from the Germanic Theodoric, meaning ruler of the people.
- Say it
- DAIR-ih-kuh
Is Derricka a girl's or a boy's name?
Derricka is a girls' name.
How popular is Derricka in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Derricka in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Derricka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,413 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,773 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,843 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 50 | #2,506 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,837 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
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