Derrik
Boy · DERR-ik · Germanic
Derrik is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler of the people”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Derrik mean?
Germanic: spelling of Derrick; from Theodoric, via Dutch Diederik
“ruler of the people”
The lifting crane called a derrick is named after Thomas Derrick, a hangman at Tyburn around 1600.
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- DERR-ik
Meaning borrowed from Derrick. More on Wiktionary.
Is Derrik a girl's or a boy's name?
Derrik is a boys' name.
How popular is Derrik in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 102 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the boys named Derrik in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Derrik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 39 | #2,297 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 52 | #1,811 |
| 1996 | 52 | #1,760 |
| 1995 | 55 | #1,643 |
| 1994 | 80 | #1,299 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,374 |
| 1992 | 100 | #1,093 |
| 1991 | 102 | #1,071 |
| 1990 | 98 | #1,068 |
| 1989 | 82 | #1,169 |
| 1988 | 72 | #1,186 |
| 1987 | 70 | #1,139 |
| 1986 | 53 | #1,344 |
| 1985 | 65 | #1,157 |
| 1984 | 44 | #1,443 |
| 1983 | 44 | #1,428 |
| 1982 | 40 | #1,538 |
| 1981 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,187 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,794 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,782 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,493 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,641 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 24 | #1,594 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
Nicknames for Derrik
Names like Derrik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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