Derek

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Derek first appears in the U.S. data in 1924 and has been recorded in 97 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1989 with 8,365 babies (rank #54 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,355 boys (rank #258). The name has been declining over the last five years.
238,769
Total babies (all years)
97
Years in the data
8,365
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19246#3,993
19296#3,654
193013#2,208
193116#1,870
193212#2,219
193311#2,254
193410#2,435
193511#2,285
193630#1,211
19379#2,532
193820#1,532
193923#1,402
194031#1,213
194118#1,650
194232#1,231
194381#714
194446#953
194540#1,008
194648#970
194761#892
194863#863
1949113#642
1950202#471
1951278#408
1952342#363
1953338#374
1954393#363
1955501#330
1956614#299
1957677#283
1958917#256
1959984#254
19601,047#247
19611,405#205
19621,600#188
19631,636#177
19641,588#172
19651,801#167
19662,111#141
19672,447#123
19682,460#122
19692,925#109
19704,147#77
19714,667#63
19724,146#67
19733,920#69
19743,636#74
19753,186#83
19763,168#84
19773,442#84
19783,801#75
19794,201#72
19807,241#50
19816,481#53
19826,991#50
19836,988#51
19846,972#52
19856,661#56
19866,901#57
19878,253#54
19888,074#53
19898,365#54
19908,083#54
19916,893#59
19926,293#62
19935,761#67
19945,081#77
19954,452#83
19963,920#101
19973,671#106
19983,409#110
19993,190#113
20003,214#121
20013,007#132
20022,787#139
20032,754#149
20042,544#157
20052,420#172
20062,647#159
20072,854#142
20082,488#159
20092,306#168
20102,293#171
20112,141#181
20122,116#182
20131,874#205
20141,881#205
20151,883#211
20161,715#226
20171,546#239
20181,408#256
20191,115#305
20201,063#309
20211,094#303
20221,155#297
20231,240#271
20241,355#258