Meaning and history
Derek comes from the older English name Dederick, originally a Low German form of Theodoric, and was brought to England from the Low Countries in the 15th century.
20062006: 2,647 births, rank #159
2007: 2,854 births, rank #142
2008: 2,488 births, rank #159
2009: 2,309 births, rank #168
2010: 2,293 births, rank #170
20112011: 2,142 births, rank #181
2012: 2,116 births, rank #182
2013: 1,875 births, rank #205
2014: 1,881 births, rank #205
2015: 1,885 births, rank #211
20162016: 1,716 births, rank #226
2017: 1,546 births, rank #239
2018: 1,409 births, rank #256
2019: 1,115 births, rank #304
2020: 1,063 births, rank #309
20212021: 1,095 births, rank #302
2022: 1,156 births, rank #297
2023: 1,240 births, rank #273
2024: 1,357 births, rank #258
20252025: 1,191 births, rank #284
Derek moved from #258 to #284 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1989, with 8,365 births.