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Baby name
Derrick
Boy
Origin of the name
Derrick is a spelling of Derek, from Theodoric, “ruler of the people.”
Classic name
145,347births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 74rank at its peak, in 1980
Where babies named Derrick are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Derrick is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Derrick is most common in District of Columbia (3 times), Mississippi (2.7) and Louisiana (2.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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