How rare is the name Darrick?

5,591 people in the United States have the first name Darrick, about 1 in 54,021. It ranks #3,647 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DARRICK

#3,647

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,591
About
1 in 54,021
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,591 people named Darrick, 47.8% reported their origin as Black, 39% as White and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Darrick peaked in 1971, when 399 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19482025
Peak year
1971
Births that year
399
In 2025*
15 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,141 babies have been given the name since 1948. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Darrick by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #997. The largest share of babies named Darrick, 51.3%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1940s#11,8886
1950s#3,315279
1960s#1,6151,239
1970s#9973,176
1980s#1,8181,366
1990s#2,5791,065
2000s#4,568634
2010s#8,506274
2020s#11,472102
Baby boom 1946–648.9%
Generation X 1965–8051.3%
Millennials 1981–9624.6%
Generation Z 1997–1211.7%
2013 and later3.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Darrick is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Darrick has been most common in Illinois (2.3×), District of Columbia (2.2×), and Louisiana (2.2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.35×).

5,213 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Darrick

1 other first name also has 5,591 people.

#3,647 Harlee · 5,591

Either side of Darrick

#3,644 Kaela · 5,598#3,644 Marlys · 5,598#3,647 Harlee · 5,591#3,649 Darrius · 5,590

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Darrick, most common first.

#3,649 Darrius · 5,590#9,922 Darris · 1,370#10,995 Darice · 1,186#12,505 Darick · 994#18,210 Daric · 594#20,316 Darik · 510#41,276 Darrek · 178#42,623 Darric · 168

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