Given name & surname
Dedrick
“the ruler of the tribe”
Dedrick is a form of Dietrich. One German interpretation is “the ruler of the tribe.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Dedrick carries the interpretation “the ruler of the tribe.” Dedrick is a form of Dietrich. One German interpretation is “the ruler of the tribe.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Dedrick is used as a form of Dietrich.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dedrick through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,472
- 4,456 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 152 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,206 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,206 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 36.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 147 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,035 as a first name in 2020; 2,186 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dedrick’s family of names
Dedrick has a related form in Dedric. Dedrick is a form of Dietrich. Dedrick has a related form in Dedrik.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dedrick
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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