Deriq

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Germanic languages origin

Deriq has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2021. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2021, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Deriq, 2021

1 in 678,000

Deriq over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Deriq: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Germanic languages origin

Germanic languages

What Deriq means

Deriq is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Deriq is used in English. Its origins include Germanic languages.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Deriq between 2021 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2021; its best national rank was #12,590 in 2021.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Deriq?

Deriq had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 678,000; 5 of 3,389,958 births
Among boys only: 1 in 350,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,949 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Deriq sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2021 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,949 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Deriq. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Deriqs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Deriq was born before 2021 — so the typical Deriq is around 4 today.

Median birth year: 2021; About 4 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Deriq rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2021 (5)
Years since peak: 4; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #12,590; 2021

Spellings of Deriq

Deriq is not the most common spelling — Eric is, with 55.6% against Deriq's <0.01%.

Eric55.6%888,891
Derek14.9%239,060
Erik9.8%157,461
Devin9.8%156,250
Darin2.0%32,546
Denis1.3%20,733
Derick1.2%19,771
Dario0.75%11,945

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Deriq by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #12,590; 2021
Peak year: 2021; 5 that year
First recorded: 2021
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Deriq

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Deroe Deris Deriam Dero Deremy Deryon Derean Derlis Derf Derike Derlyn Derle Derrus Tiriq Derex Derrice Derique Dermarr Derquan Derryon Derck Derome Deriek Deronn

Sibling names for Deriq

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Journi Lennox Berkley Layne Ellison Legacy Marleigh Adley

For a brother

Henri Rian Finnley Axton Yaakov Grey Magnus Ameer

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