Dierks
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEERKS
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Dierks is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Dierks mean?
Germanic: Low German surname from Dierk (Derek)
Best known through American country singer Dierks Bentley.
Is Dierks a girl's or a boy's name?
Dierks is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dierks in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Dierks, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Dierks in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dierks in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
Names like Dierks
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Briggs, Ares, Rhodes, Riggs, Thiago, Luca, Declan, Finn, Deacon, Crew, Koen, Hendrix
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Dierks: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dierks, updated 20 October 2026.