Derrick

Boy · recorded 1917–2025

  • #850in 2025
  • 1 in 5,930boys in 2025
  • −61%last ten years
  • 4.6×in Mississippi

Most popular in 1980.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

01,1592,31819171944197119982025

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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
Derrick, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19175
19186
19285
19296
19305
19315
19327
19335
19347
19366
19376
193814
19407
194113
194210
194321
194417
194516
194617
194725
194837
194947
195096
1951116
1952155
1953182
1954249
1955318
1956382
1957438
1958484
1959552
1960553
1961706
1962763
1963959
19641,049
19651,302
19661,367
19671,436
19681,493
19691,642
19701,854
19712,026
19721,904
19731,959
19741,881
19751,803
19761,862
19772,118
19782,306
19792,166
19802,318
19812,149
19822,014
19832,040
19842,028
19852,045
19861,806
19871,893
19881,726
19891,720
19901,637
19911,532
19921,459
19931,379
19941,333
19951,150
19961,053
1997946
1998919
1999841
2000813
2001749
2002740
2003698
2004667
2005687
2006663
2007624
2008587
2009562
2010541
2011578
2012555
2013519
2014476
2015436
2016394
2017379
2018336
2019323
2020300
2021262
2022212
2023201
2024179
2025169

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Mississippi 4.6×
  2. Louisiana 3.8×
  3. Georgia 1.6×
  4. Indiana 1.5×
  5. Virginia 1.5×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
288
Rank in 2025
#850
How rare
1 in 5,930 boys
Since 1917
145,347

Most popular in 1980, at 2,318 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 61% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Mississippi4.6×28
Louisiana3.8×41
Georgia1.6×45
Indiana1.5×27
Virginia1.5×31

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