Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Derric isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Derric through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,448
- 1,448 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −84%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 44 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,223 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.
Derric’s family of names
Derric may belong to the same name family as Deric. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Derric, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Derrick
“the ruler of the tribe”
>99% boys
Derick
“the ruler of the tribe”
>99% boys
Cedrick
Cedrick is a variant of Cedric. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is kind and loved; of the spectacular bounty.”
>99% boys
Erik
“ever the ruler”
>99% boys
Cedric
Cedric has an unusually traceable literary beginning: Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe.
>99% boys
Donny
“a brown-haired chief” · “ruler of the world”
>99% boys
Darnell
“a secretive woman” · “from the hidden place”
>99% boys
Demario
“the son of Mario”
>99% boys