Derek is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #553 for boy births in the United States, given to 1,191 babies. Derek first appears in the data in 1924 and reached its peak in 1989 (8,402 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,191 | #553 |
| 2024 | 1,357 | #495 |
| 2023 | 1,240 | #532 |
| 2022 | 1,156 | #589 |
| 2021 | 1,095 | #608 |
| 2020 | 1,063 | #628 |
| 2019 | 1,115 | #608 |
| 2018 | 1,409 | #487 |
| 2017 | 1,546 | #449 |
| 2016 | 1,716 | #428 |
| 2015 | 1,885 | #395 |
| 2014 | 1,881 | #395 |
| 2013 | 1,875 | #381 |
| 2012 | 2,116 | #339 |
| 2011 | 2,147 | #329 |
| 2010 | 2,299 | #307 |
| 2009 | 2,309 | #311 |
| 2008 | 2,488 | #300 |
| 2007 | 2,854 | #264 |
| 2006 | 2,647 | #295 |
| 2005 | 2,430 | #307 |
| 2004 | 2,550 | #290 |
| 2003 | 2,761 | #273 |
| 2002 | 2,787 | #263 |
| 2001 | 3,013 | #245 |
| 2000 | 3,222 | #231 |
| 1999 | 3,190 | #224 |
| 1998 | 3,420 | #210 |
| 1997 | 3,681 | #200 |
| 1996 | 3,931 | #192 |
| 1995 | 4,465 | #163 |
| 1994 | 5,096 | #142 |
| 1993 | 5,773 | #125 |
| 1992 | 6,310 | #115 |
| 1991 | 6,911 | #110 |
| 1990 | 8,101 | #98 |
| 1989 | 8,402 | #94 |
| 1988 | 8,128 | #92 |
| 1987 | 8,310 | #92 |
| 1986 | 6,935 | #105 |
| 1985 | 6,702 | #103 |
| 1984 | 7,013 | #99 |
| 1983 | 7,037 | #94 |
| 1982 | 7,036 | #94 |
| 1981 | 6,523 | #97 |
| 1980 | 7,295 | #90 |
| 1979 | 4,226 | #147 |
| 1978 | 3,821 | #157 |
| 1977 | 3,463 | #168 |
| 1976 | 3,187 | #172 |
| 1975 | 3,201 | #174 |
| 1974 | 3,657 | #155 |
| 1973 | 3,939 | #149 |
| 1972 | 4,163 | #144 |
| 1971 | 4,693 | #141 |
| 1970 | 4,162 | #175 |
| 1969 | 2,937 | #231 |
| 1968 | 2,472 | #251 |
| 1967 | 2,456 | #265 |
| 1966 | 2,117 | #306 |
| 1965 | 1,809 | #356 |
| 1964 | 1,595 | #389 |
| 1963 | 1,644 | #390 |
| 1962 | 1,607 | #399 |
| 1961 | 1,405 | #433 |
| 1960 | 1,047 | #527 |
| 1959 | 991 | #535 |
| 1958 | 917 | #547 |
| 1957 | 677 | #630 |
| 1956 | 619 | #646 |
| 1955 | 501 | #719 |
| 1954 | 393 | #800 |
| 1953 | 338 | #834 |
| 1952 | 341 | #826 |
| 1951 | 278 | #895 |
| 1950 | 202 | #1,053 |
| 1949 | 113 | #1,429 |
| 1948 | 63 | #1,940 |
| 1947 | 61 | #1,994 |
| 1946 | 47 | #2,190 |
| 1945 | 41 | #2,171 |
| 1944 | 46 | #2,054 |
| 1943 | 81 | #1,540 |
| 1942 | 32 | #2,557 |
| 1941 | 18 | #3,451 |
| 1940 | 31 | #2,455 |
| 1939 | 23 | #2,871 |
| 1938 | 20 | #3,156 |
| 1937 | 9 | #5,212 |
| 1936 | 30 | #2,424 |
| 1935 | 11 | #4,665 |
| 1934 | 10 | #4,974 |
| 1933 | 11 | #4,598 |
| 1932 | 12 | #4,507 |
| 1931 | 16 | #3,708 |
| 1930 | 13 | #4,432 |
| 1929 | 6 | #7,514 |
| 1924 | 6 | #8,442 |