Derrick

maleStatistical record

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

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

Derrick: Recorded since 1964, it reached #137 in 1975, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
56times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#137highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#1257
2001	#3134
2002	#1799
2003	#1513
2004	#3009
2005	#3208
2006	#2538
2007	#3589
2008	#2097
2010	#2400
2011	#2892
2012	#4805
2013	#2660
2014	#2690
2015	#1902
2016	#2556
2017	#3449
2018	#2445
2020	#2228
2021	#2493
2022	#2320
2023	#1701
2024	#2088

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 32 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2022: #779 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2320 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #232 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 recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #137 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1975 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Derrick appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 32 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 340 births with the name.

Derrick 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.

Derrick'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	#232 (1964)	#137 (1975)	#676 (2025)	32 of 62	340 (1964–2025)	26 (1974)
England and Wales · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#1257 (1997)	#2088 (2024)	24 of 29	179 (1996–2024)	14 (2023)

Derrick 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 Derrick in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	37	6 of 10	6
1970sbusiest	186	10 of 10	19
1980s	94	9 of 10	10
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010s	3	1 of 10	3
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Derrick 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #137 in Republic of Ireland in 1975.

Derrick'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	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1701	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	6	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	11	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	15	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	20	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	14	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	14	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#175	15	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	20	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	25	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	26	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	21	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	23	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	18	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	18	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	3	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 2025, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #137, first reached in 1975.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1974.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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.

Dermot · #30, 60y
Dermott · #137, 19y
Derry · #253, 31y
Derval · #236, 23y

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.

Emine · #132, 55y
Pauric · #132, 55y
Breda · #131, 49y
Brid · #131, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Dermott · #137, 19y
Ailish · #138, 62y
Katarina · #138, 61y
Marcella · #138, 60y

Derrick was ranked #137 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1975. 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.

Derrick 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 Derrick without appearing here.

Derrick moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1701 and #4107.
Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3589 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2097 and #4432.
Daithi Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4805 and #4805 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Derrick

Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2538 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #1440.
Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1513 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #906.
Marius Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1513 and #1629 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #1596.
Hunter Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1513 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #1878.

Moved the opposite way to Derrick

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derrick went from #232 to #676 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derrick went from #232 to #676 while Arthur went from #98 to #57.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derrick went from #232 to #676 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derrick went from #232 to #676 while Conor went from #56 to #16.

Moved the same way as Derrick

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derrick went from #232 to #676 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derrick went from #232 to #676 and Alan from #29 to #232.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derrick went from #232 to #676 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derrick went from #232 to #676 and Andrew from #34 to #106.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #137 in Republic of Ireland in 1975. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Derrick

Derrick at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Derrick across 2 official records

Derrick by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Derrick appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Derrick at a glance

Derrick across 2 official records

Derrick by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Derrick 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 Derrick

Derrick and the names beside it

Derrick moved ahead of

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