Boy · #284 in 2025
Derek
Derek: popularity and trends since 1880
- Rank
- #284
- Born 2025
- 1,191
- Peak year
- 1987
Popularity, 1880–2025
per 100,000 boys born
Recent trend
Derek has held steady: its share of boys born has barely moved over the last 10 years. It now stands at 16% of its 1987 peak.
Sounds good with
Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.