Dereck

maleStatistical record

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

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

Dereck: Recorded since 1967, with a gap of 24 years, its highest recorded position is #196, and it stood at #4,789 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#196highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Dereck's record

Absent from every published list for 24 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2022

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2022	#4789

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 England and Wales in 2 of the 26 years from 1997 to 2022.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1967–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #222 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1967–1988
Highest recorded position: #196 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1969 (recorded 1967–1988).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4789 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Boys

Dereck appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 15 years beginning in 1967, and has registered 69 births with the name.

Dereck 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.

Dereck'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#2859 (1997)	#4789 (2022)	2 of 26	6 (1997–2022)	3 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#222 (1967)	#196 (1969)	#271 (1988)	15 of 22	69 (1967–1988)	9 (1969)

Dereck 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 Dereck in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	14	2 of 10	7
1970sbusiest	35	8 of 10	4
1980s	20	5 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Dereck 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 1967 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #196 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Dereck'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
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#260	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#333	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#197	9	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	9	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	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 1967 and 2022, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #196, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 24 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 30 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
24 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#4,789position in 2022, its most recent recorded year
30 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 1969Under 25 births →

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.

Denzel · #305, 30y
Deon · #243, 29y
Derek · #22, 72y
Deri · #1591, 25y

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.

Breandan · #199, 13y
Caomhan · #192, 20y
Aodh · #191, 21y
Katie-Leigh · #201, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Loretto · #196, 15y
Vida · #196, 40y
Bilal · #197, 50y
Deborrah · #195, 10y

Dereck was ranked #196 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1969. 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.

Dereck 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 Dereck without appearing here.

Dereck moved ahead of

Jeremy Compare
In 1987 they stood at #304 and #218 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1988 that had become #271 and #319.

Moved ahead of Dereck

Christian Compare
In 1971 they stood at #197 and #219 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1972 that had become #279 and #151.
Adam Compare
In 1971 they stood at #197 and #206 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1972 that had become #279 and #158.
Craig Compare
In 1971 they stood at #197 and #235 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1972 that had become #279 and #158.
Scott Compare
In 1971 they stood at #197 and #235 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1972 that had become #279 and #158.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1967 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #196 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Dereck

Dereck at a glance

What stands out in Dereck's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dereck across 2 official records

Dereck by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dereck appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Dereck

Dereck and the names beside it

Dereck moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dereck

Dereck at a glance

What stands out in Dereck's record

Dereck across 2 official records

Dereck by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dereck appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Dereck

Dereck and the names beside it

Dereck moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dereck