Boy
Derrick
The name Derrick carries the meaning "Ruler of the people", with roots in Germanic. It is not as common as it was in the 1980s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. Its single strongest year on record was 1980.
GermanicRuler of the people
GermanicVariant of Derek
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
11
1920s
12
1930s
57
1940s
335
1950s
6,214
1960s
21,385
1970s
33,217
1980s
36,672
1990s
24,047
2000s
13,551
2010s
7,337
Peaked in the 1980s · 142,838 total U.S. births since 1900