male NAME · CURRENTLY #284

Derek

DAIR-ik

“people ruler”

An established English given name with Germanic roots.

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SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Derek has traveled through time

131930 111935 311940 411945 2021950 5011955 1,0471960 1,8091965 4,1621970 3,2011975 7,2951980 6,7021985 8,1011990 4,4651995 3,2222000 2,4302005 2,2992010 1,8852015 1,0632020 1,1912025
LATEST YEAR20251,191 births
PEAK RANK#50in 1980
CURRENT USAGE0% F100% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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