Derick

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Derick: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Derick: Recorded since 1964, it reached #170 in 1968, and it stood at #785 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#170highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2337
1998	#2074
2001	#2587
2004	#3651
2005	#3849
2006	#2538
2007	#3095
2010	#4678
2011	#4647
2012	#3987
2014	#3362
2015	#4747
2016	#4810
2018	#3959
2019	#3937
2020	#3334
2021	#2493
2022	#2755
2023	#2813
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 24 of the 61 years from 1964 to 2024.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3254 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #175 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2024
Highest recorded position: #170 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1968 (recorded 1964–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Derick appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 171 births with the name.

Derick across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Derick's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#175 (1964)	#170 (1968)	#785 (2024)	24 of 61	171 (1964–2024)	12 (1977)
England and Wales · Boys	#2337 (1997)	#2074 (1998)	#3254 (2024)	20 of 28	92 (1997–2024)	8 (2021)

Derick by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Derick in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	43	6 of 10	7
1970sbusiest	83	10 of 10	8
1980s	38	6 of 10	6
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Derick appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #170 in Republic of Ireland in 1968.

Derick's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	12	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	9	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	12	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	7	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	9	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	9	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	9	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	11	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	10	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	10	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	7	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#175	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #170, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Derin · #1537, 21y
Dermot · #30, 60y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Triona · #170, 38y
Ferdinand · #167, 38y
Jerzy · #167, 45y
Gwendoline · #174, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Cieran · #170, 31y
Isa · #170, 42y
Triona · #170, 38y
Anett · #169, 33y

Derick was ranked #170 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1968. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Derick and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Derick without appearing here.

Derick moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3651 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2538 and #4052.
Courtney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3334 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2493 and #3990.

Moved ahead of Derick

Mathias Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2587 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1160.
Gustav Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2074 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #2070.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #1461.
Aksel Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3095 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #4678 and #3332.

Moved the opposite way to Derick

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derick went from #175 to #785 while Alexander went from #116 to #44.
Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derick went from #175 to #785 while Arthur went from #98 to #47.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derick went from #175 to #785 while Benjamin went from #139 to #74.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derick went from #175 to #785 while Conor went from #56 to #19.

Moved the same way as Derick

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derick went from #175 to #785 and Adrian from #65 to #200.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derick went from #175 to #785 and Alan from #29 to #240.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derick went from #175 to #785 and Alfred from #134 to #430.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derick went from #175 to #785 and Andrew from #34 to #106.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #170 in Republic of Ireland in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Derick

Derick at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Derick across 2 official records

Derick by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Popularity data

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Derick at a glance

Derick across 2 official records

Derick by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Derick appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Derick

Derick and the names beside it

Derick moved ahead of

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