Boy
Derick
As a boy's name, Derick is understood to mean "ruler of the people". It is not as common as it was in the 1980s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. The name's best year yet was 1989.
EtymologyVariant of Derek, short for Theodoric
EtymologyMeaning "ruler of the people"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
29
1950s
369
1960s
1,625
1970s
3,270
1980s
4,985
1990s
3,862
2000s
2,920
2010s
1,657
Peaked in the 1980s · 18,717 total U.S. births since 1900