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Derrick
Pronounced /ˈdɛɹɪk/
Rank in 2024
#818
Born in 2024
305
Peak year
1980 · #74
Origin
Germanic
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 305 boys were named Derrick, about 1 in every 5,624.
- It peaked in 1980 with 4,135 babies, ranked #74.
- It first shows up in the records in 1917.
- 145,055 boys have been named Derrick since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Derrick per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.4Boomers1946–64
- 1.8Gen X1965–80
- 1.7Millennials1981–96
- 0.7Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 11 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 181 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 14,693 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Gen X: 49,891 babies, 1.83 per 1,000. Millennials: 51,044 babies, 1.68 per 1,000. Gen Z: 21,873 babies, 0.70 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,362 babies, 0.34 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Derek.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- /ˈdɛɹɪk/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Derrick, CC BY-SA 4.0.