Dereke

Boy · recorded 1955–2000

  • 2000last recorded
  • 1972best year

Most popular in 1972.

Last recorded in 2000. 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 Dereke.

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Its story

Popularity since 1955

05919551966197819892000

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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 29 recorded years as a table
Dereke, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19552
19593
19603
19614
19622
19632
19663
19675
19685
19695
19703
19715
19729
19736
19744
19754
19773
19784
19794
19804
19816
19824
19833
19844
19865
19895
19903
19913
20003

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dereke 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2000
5
Rank in 2000
#10,349
How rare
1 in 392,800 boys
Since 1955
207

Dereke was last recorded in 2000. 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 1972, at 9 per million boys born.

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

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