Derick

Meaning: Ruler of the people
Origin: Variant of Derek (from Germanic)

Boy's name · #1478 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Derick holds its lane: charted since 1945 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1478 in 2025). About 20,000 boys have carried it along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#282 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,080 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,625 in Canada (2024).

Famous Dericks

Derick Ogbu — Nigerian association football player
Derick Brassard — Canadian ice hockey player
Derick Baegert — Painter (1440–1515)
Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory — British politician and government minister (1899–1981)
Derick Martini — American screenwriter and director

What Dericks become

Among 71 notable people named Derick:

Sports figures appear 2.71× more often than among typical names — e.g. Derick Ogbu, Nigerian association football player.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Derek (#284), Dereck (#688), and Derrick (#850), Derick would rank around #186 with about 2,000 births last year — the newborns split about 60/20/14/6 across Derek, Dereck, Derrick, and Derick.

Similar names: Derrick · Clinton · Denis · Reggie · Roderick · Edrick

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