How rare is the name Derik?

4,626 people in the United States have the first name Derik, about 1 in 65,290. It ranks #4,149 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

DERIK

#4,149

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,626
About
1 in 65,290
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,626 people named Derik, 65.1% reported their origin as White, 17.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.6% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Derik peaked in 1987, when 198 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19522025
Peak year
1987
Births that year
198
In 2025*
27 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,508 babies have been given the name since 1952. 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.

Derik by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,615. The largest share of babies named Derik, 44.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#7,56359
1960s#3,011385
1970s#2,114871
1980s#1,6151,650
1990s#2,3541,225
2000s#4,011768
2010s#6,981364
2020s#7,745186
Baby boom 1946–643.2%
Generation X 1965–8024%
Millennials 1981–9644.1%
Generation Z 1997–1221.5%
2013 and later7.2%

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 Derik is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Derik has been most common in California (2.4×), Utah (2.3×), and Washington (2.1×), and least common in Illinois (0.64×).

2,510 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 Derik

2 other first names also have 4,626 people.

#4,149 Fawn · 4,626#4,149 Gian · 4,626

Either side of Derik

#4,146 Franchesca · 4,630#4,148 Loc · 4,629#4,149 Fawn · 4,626#4,149 Gian · 4,626

Spelled almost the same

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

#274 Derek · 201,259#1,786 Derick · 16,739#4,760 Deric · 3,814#7,805 Derrik · 1,910#15,999 Deryk · 711#17,930 Derk · 607#25,331 Derika · 375#35,546 Deris · 226

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