Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Derico is a form of Derrico. Derrico comes from Italian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Derico through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 337
- 337 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 21 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 258 as a first name in 2020; 552 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.
Derico’s family of names
In English usage, Derico as a surname has a related form in DERRICO.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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