Derrick is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1743 for boy births in the United States, given to 288 babies. Derrick first appears in the data in 1917 and reached its peak in 1980 (4,171 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 288 | #1,743 |
| 2024 | 308 | #1,678 |
| 2023 | 344 | #1,555 |
| 2022 | 370 | #1,480 |
| 2021 | 458 | #1,253 |
| 2020 | 518 | #1,114 |
| 2019 | 580 | #1,023 |
| 2018 | 610 | #995 |
| 2017 | 702 | #893 |
| 2016 | 748 | #849 |
| 2015 | 835 | #779 |
| 2014 | 914 | #718 |
| 2013 | 981 | #668 |
| 2012 | 1,053 | #626 |
| 2011 | 1,098 | #597 |
| 2010 | 1,038 | #626 |
| 2009 | 1,115 | #601 |
| 2008 | 1,197 | #570 |
| 2007 | 1,295 | #534 |
| 2006 | 1,362 | #508 |
| 2005 | 1,379 | #485 |
| 2004 | 1,330 | #495 |
| 2003 | 1,385 | #480 |
| 2002 | 1,442 | #459 |
| 2001 | 1,455 | #455 |
| 2000 | 1,596 | #419 |
| 1999 | 1,619 | #408 |
| 1998 | 1,756 | #367 |
| 1997 | 1,784 | #362 |
| 1996 | 1,995 | #327 |
| 1995 | 2,199 | #308 |
| 1994 | 2,582 | #260 |
| 1993 | 2,722 | #249 |
| 1992 | 2,921 | #235 |
| 1991 | 3,105 | #222 |
| 1990 | 3,376 | #208 |
| 1989 | 3,457 | #193 |
| 1988 | 3,330 | #189 |
| 1987 | 3,568 | #170 |
| 1986 | 3,365 | #173 |
| 1985 | 3,821 | #159 |
| 1984 | 3,694 | #161 |
| 1983 | 3,689 | #158 |
| 1982 | 3,689 | #160 |
| 1981 | 3,884 | #156 |
| 1980 | 4,171 | #149 |
| 1979 | 3,766 | #162 |
| 1978 | 3,826 | #156 |
| 1977 | 3,521 | #166 |
| 1976 | 2,951 | #189 |
| 1975 | 2,857 | #191 |
| 1974 | 3,000 | #183 |
| 1973 | 3,082 | #184 |
| 1972 | 3,122 | #196 |
| 1971 | 3,607 | #191 |
| 1970 | 3,480 | #211 |
| 1969 | 2,967 | #229 |
| 1968 | 2,618 | #237 |
| 1967 | 2,529 | #259 |
| 1966 | 2,467 | #269 |
| 1965 | 2,434 | #285 |
| 1964 | 2,106 | #335 |
| 1963 | 1,967 | #353 |
| 1962 | 1,594 | #403 |
| 1961 | 1,511 | #417 |
| 1960 | 1,189 | #494 |
| 1959 | 1,187 | #485 |
| 1958 | 1,038 | #513 |
| 1957 | 951 | #538 |
| 1956 | 816 | #561 |
| 1955 | 655 | #609 |
| 1954 | 512 | #693 |
| 1953 | 359 | #811 |
| 1952 | 302 | #869 |
| 1951 | 218 | #1,027 |
| 1950 | 171 | #1,147 |
| 1949 | 83 | #1,695 |
| 1948 | 65 | #1,904 |
| 1947 | 46 | #2,357 |
| 1946 | 27 | #2,970 |
| 1945 | 21 | #3,150 |
| 1944 | 23 | #3,044 |
| 1943 | 30 | #2,682 |
| 1942 | 14 | #4,185 |
| 1941 | 16 | #3,703 |
| 1940 | 8 | #5,602 |
| 1938 | 16 | #3,625 |
| 1937 | 6 | #6,719 |
| 1936 | 6 | #6,659 |
| 1934 | 7 | #6,187 |
| 1933 | 5 | #7,645 |
| 1932 | 7 | #6,377 |
| 1931 | 5 | #7,954 |
| 1930 | 5 | #8,293 |
| 1929 | 6 | #7,376 |
| 1928 | 6 | #7,647 |
| 1918 | 6 | #7,898 |
| 1917 | 5 | #8,721 |