Deric is a boy name with a rare feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Deric means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Deric across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Deric has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Deric is a boy name of Germanic origin meaning “variant of Derek, ruler of the people”. A respelling of Derek, from the Germanic Theodoric.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 4,744 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Deric per year, United States (1952 to 2025). United States peaked in 1980 (122/yr).
Deric is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1980, when it ranked #1,867 nationally (given to 122 babies that year).
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