Derek

Boy · recorded 1924–2025

  • #284in 2025
  • 1 in 1,434boys in 2025
  • −29%last ten years
  • 2.1×in New Jersey

Most popular in 1987. Quieter now: down 29% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1924

02,2104,42019241949197520002025

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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 98 recorded years as a table
Derek, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19245
19296
193012
193115
193211
193311
193410
193511
193629
19378
193818
193921
194027
194115
194223
194357
194434
194530
194629
194733
194836
194964
1950113
1951148
1952175
1953171
1954193
1955243
1956290
1957314
1958432
1959461
1960491
1961661
1962773
1963805
1964797
1965968
19661,184
19671,403
19681,415
19691,636
19702,232
19712,639
19722,557
19732,514
19742,312
19752,041
19762,019
19772,094
19782,314
19792,440
19804,058
19813,618
19823,854
19833,897
19843,863
19853,604
19863,747
19874,420
19884,217
19894,181
19903,935
19913,412
19923,151
19932,938
19942,630
19952,339
19962,069
19971,948
19981,784
19991,661
20001,636
20011,548
20021,435
20031,394
20041,282
20051,212
20061,288
20071,375
20081,220
20091,164
20101,195
20111,128
20121,115
2013991
2014979
2015983
2016904
2017835
2018776
2019621
2020616
2021626
2022662
2023725
2024788
2025697

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Jersey 2.1×
  2. Maryland 1.8×
  3. New York 1.7×
  4. Connecticut 1.7×
  5. Florida 1.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,191
Rank in 2025
#284
How rare
1 in 1,434 boys
Since 1924
239,060

Most popular in 1987, at 4,421 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 29% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Jersey2.1×190
Maryland1.8×91
New York1.7×330
Connecticut1.7×51
Florida1.7×349

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