Masculine dossier · first seen 1917

Derrick

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Derrick
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92.6% from peak

Peak era

1980

Peak rank proxy

4,135

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1917Peak 19802024

Peak year

1980

Decline from peak

92.6%

2024

305

All-time

145,055

Derrick once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1980, when 4,135 boys were named Derrick.

In 2024, only 305 boys were given the name.

Down 92.6% from its peak.

All told, about 145,055 Americans have been named Derrick and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1917.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.6% from peak

In 1980:4,135 boys named Derrick

In 2024:305 boys named Derrick

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