Derk

Boy · recorded 1950–1993

  • 1993last recorded
  • 1967best year

Most popular in 1967.

Last recorded in 1993. 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 Derk.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1950

081519501961197219821993

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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 39 recorded years as a table
Derk, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19504
19533
19546
19556
19566
195710
19588
19594
19606
19615
19625
19636
19648
19659
196611
196715
196811
196912
19708
197112
197212
19737
197415
197510
19765
19777
19785
19796
198010
19814
19824
19835
19843
19857
19865
19875
19885
19894
19933

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Derk 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 1993
5
Rank in 1993
#8,700
How rare
1 in 392,265 boys
Since 1950
506

Derk was last recorded in 1993. 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 1967, at 15 per million boys born.

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

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