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Derek

Gender

Male

Origin

Germanic
Famous Ruler
English
People's ruler
German
People''s ruler; a short form of Theodoric commonly used as an independent name

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Derek

Pronunciation

d(e)-rek

Famous People

Baseball player Derek Jeter

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1989 (rank #54, 8,363 births); most recent 2025 (rank #284, 1,191 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1987 (rank #1961, 57 births); most recent 2011 (rank #16733, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251,191–
20241,355–
20231,240–
20221,155–
20211,094–
20201,063–
20191,115–
20181,408–
20171,546–
20161,715–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1996 (rank #464, 40 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1704, 15 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202515
202426
202318
202223
202119
202014
201914
201816
201722
201616

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #1301, 25 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202325
202223
202122
202014
201921
201821
201715
201622
201525
201416

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1976 (rank #26, 355 births); most recent 2025 (rank #418, 8 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
20258
20247
202311
20226
20215
2020–
2019–
20188
20174
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 1975 (rank #20, 538 births); most recent 2024 (rank #727, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
20243
2023–
2022–
20213
20206
2019–
20184
20175
201610

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1998 (rank #272, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1987 (rank #35, 153 births); most recent 2023 (rank #442, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
20237
2022–
20216
20209
20199
201813
20178
201615
201512
201419

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence