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Detric

Boy · DET-rik · Germanic

Detric is a boys' name of Germanic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Detric come from?

Germanic: probably a variant of Derrick or Dietrich

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DET-rik

Is Detric a girl's or a boy's name?

Detric is a boys' name.

How popular is Detric in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.

Half of all the boys named Detric in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.

1969Busiest: 20 in 19772018
Detric in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20186#10,754
20170–
20160–
20155#12,080
20140–
20130–
20127#9,703
20110–
20105#12,224
20090–
20080–
20079#8,169
20066#10,655
20059#7,633
200410#6,970
20038#7,824
20029#7,048
20018#7,529
200010#6,309
19999#6,524
19989#6,308
199714#4,446
19965#9,008
19958#6,400
19949#5,862
199314#4,220
19925#8,426
19917#6,511
199015#3,773
19897#6,222
19888#5,194
19878#4,962
19869#4,453
198511#3,802
19849#4,212
198310#3,882
198214#3,107
198113#3,219
198014#3,097
197917#2,668
197816#2,668
197720#2,270
197613#2,945
197514#2,749
197411#3,118
197315#2,511
197212#2,817
19718#3,656
19705#4,722
19695#4,403

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