Dereck

“Variant of Derek — Ruler of the people” — Germanic origin

Boy's name · #688 in the US (2025) · Trending

Dereck ranked #688 in 2025, with about 400 boys given the name last year. Roughly 8,300 have carried it since 1949. Together with its spelling variants Derek (#284), Derrick (#850), and Derick (#1478), Dereck 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.

Around the world: about 1 in 780 boys in Puerto Rico (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 21 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Derecks

Dereck Lively II — American basketball player
Dereck Kutesa — Swiss association football player
Dereck Joubert — screenwriter, film producer and cinematographer
Dereck Moncada — Honduran association football player
Dereck E. Davis — American politician

What Derecks become

Among 23 notable people named Dereck:

Sports figures appear 2.53× more often than among typical names — e.g. Dereck Lively II, American basketball player.

Similar names: Derek · Boden · Denim · Westyn · Beck · Dutton

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