Derrick

Girl · recorded 1954–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1975best year

Most popular in 1975.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five girls 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 Derrick.

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Its story

Popularity since 1954

0152919541967198019922005

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 46 recorded years as a table
Derrick, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19543
19563
19573
19585
19594
19604
19616
19628
196310
19648
19657
196617
196715
196814
196918
197019
197115
197222
197319
197429
197529
197620
197726
197826
197923
198022
198120
198220
198320
198420
198524
198623
198720
198815
19898
19907
19915
19924
199310
19944
19955
19993
20023
20034
20043
20054

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Derrick 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 2005
7
Rank in 2005
#13,010
How rare
1 in 263,977 girls
Since 1954
997

Derrick was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1975, at 29 per million girls born.

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

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