The name Derrick is of English origin, and is a variation of Derek.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Derrick has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Derrick
Use of the Name Derrick for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
127,728
126,021
67,420
16,459
7,143
2,670
1,309
The table below indicates the number of times the name Derrick has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Derrick first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1948, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Derrick
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1948
832
67
1949
760
82
1950
515
171
1951
454
220
1952
396
302
1953
364
356
1954
319
509
1955
278
661
1956
254
800
1957
249
944
1958
244
1,027
1959
231
1,179
1960
236
1,178
1961
197
1,500
1962
191
1,578
1963
164
1,943
1964
156
2,095
1965
129
2,416
1966
128
2,438
1967
120
2,501
1968
116
2,582
1969
107
2,937
1970
96
3,446
1971
84
3,575
1972
91
3,081
1973
87
3,048
1974
87
2,954
1975
89
2,816
1976
91
2,914
1977
80
3,482
1978
76
3,780
1979
80
3,726
1980
74
4,128
1981
78
3,848
1982
78
3,652
1983
78
3,653
1984
79
3,658
1985
83
3,777
1986
87
3,325
1987
86
3,532
1988
96
3,302
1989
99
3,445
1990
106
3,362
1991
111
3,095
1992
120
2,914
1993
129
2,701
1994
136
2,569
1995
159
2,183
1996
169
1,993
1997
188
1,777
1998
194
1,756
1999
213
1,607
2000
218
1,593
2001
234
1,449
2002
235
1,431
2003
245
1,361
2004
247
1,309
Totals:
127,728
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Derrick as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Derrick appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 57 times during the last 125 years.