Given name
Darrik
“an oak-hearted man; one who is strong”
Darrik is a variant of Darroch. One Irish interpretation is “an oak-hearted man; one who is strong.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darrik is a variant of Darroch. One Irish interpretation is “an oak-hearted man; one who is strong.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Darrik is a variant of Darroch. An origin associated with Darroch is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darrik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 90
- 90 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 142 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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