Derec

Boy · recorded 1971–2004

  • 2004last recorded
  • 1971best year

Most popular in 1971.

Last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Derec.

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Its story

Popularity since 1971

03619711979198819962004

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 16 recorded years as a table
Derec, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19716
19813
19843
19863
19873
19883
19894
19904
19913
19924
19934
19954
19983
19993
20014
20043

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Derec isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2004
5
Rank in 2004
#11,356
How rare
1 in 396,995 boys
Since 1971
104

Derec was last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1971, at 6 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Derec doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.