How rare is the name Dereck?

6,033 people in the United States have the first name Dereck, about 1 in 50,063. It ranks #3,446 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DERECK

#3,446

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,033
About
1 in 50,063
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 6,033 people named Dereck, 38.1% reported their origin as White, 37.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 17.2% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dereck peaked in 2024, when 413 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19492025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
413
In 2025*
396 ▼4%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,296 babies have been given the name since 1949. 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.

Dereck by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,687. The largest share of babies named Dereck, 29.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#3,989196
1960s#2,485539
1970s#2,248779
1980s#1,6871,551
1990s#2,4681,146
2000s#2,9981,165
2010s#2,8771,361
2020s#1,8731,554
Baby boom 1946–645.4%
Generation X 1965–8014.8%
Millennials 1981–9627.3%
Generation Z 1997–1222.7%
2013 and later29.9%

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 Dereck is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dereck has been most common in Florida (2.5×), Texas (2.4×), and California (2×), and least common in Kentucky (0.45×).

4,851 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 Dereck

1 other first name also has 6,033 people.

#3,446 Lakesha · 6,033

Either side of Dereck

#3,444 Baltazar · 6,038#3,445 Jessika · 6,035#3,446 Lakesha · 6,033#3,448 Calista · 6,028

Spelled almost the same

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

#274 Derek · 201,259#1,786 Derick · 16,739#11,472 Derreck · 1,115#15,884 Deryck · 718#39,783 Derec · 189

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