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Derik

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Derik is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 34 births. Its best rank was 638th, in 1980.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
340.00% of boys
Peak year
1987198 births
Best rank
#638in 1980
Since 1952
5,481people given the name
Babies named Derik, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

5,481 boys have been named Derik in the United States since 1952, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 198 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 30%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Derik
1950s59
1960s385
1970s871
1980s1,650
1990s1,225
2000s768
2010s364
2020s159

In 1987, its biggest year

Derik was the 654th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1987 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1987.

Names that rose and fell with Derik

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.