Delrick
A masculine name possibly derived from the Germanic elements "daili" (share/portion) and "ric" (powerful/ruler).
Name Census estimates that about 59 living Americans carry the first name Delrick. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Delrick today is around 48 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Delrick births was 1980 (11 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Delrick. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Delrick. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
59
~ 1 in 5,809,396 Americans
Peak year
1980
11 babies that year
Average age
48
years old
1991 SSA rank
#8,502
Tracked since 1957
Census
Delrick in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 123 people with the first name Delrick, which placed it at #49,809 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#49,809
National first-name rank
People counted
123
123 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.0
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
88.6% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Delrick
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Delrick is Black at 88.6%. The next largest groups are White (4.9%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (2.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Delrick described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Delrick at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American88.6% · 109
- White4.9% · 6
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.4% · 3
- Two or more races2.4% · 3
- Hispanic or Latino1.6% · 2
Popularity
Delrick: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Delrick from the 1950s through to the 1990s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1970s, with 30 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1970s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Delrick by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Delrick during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Delrick
The name Delrick is believed to have its origins in the Old English language, derived from the combination of the words "deor" meaning "dear" or "beloved" and "ric" meaning "ruler" or "powerful." This suggests that the name may have been initially bestowed upon individuals of high social standing or nobility during the Anglo-Saxon period in Britain, around the 5th to 11th centuries AD.
While its exact roots are uncertain, the name Delrick shares similarities with other names of Germanic origin, such as Roderic and Derrick, which also incorporate elements related to power and leadership. This connection hints at the possibility that the name may have been used across various Germanic tribes and regions before becoming more prevalent in England.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Delrick can be found in the Domesday Book, a comprehensive survey of land ownership and taxation commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. Here, a landowner named Delrick is mentioned as holding property in the county of Oxfordshire.
Throughout the Middle Ages, the name appears sporadically in various historical records and chronicles, though its usage seems to have been relatively limited compared to more common names of the time. Notable individuals bearing the name include Delrick of Swinford, a 13th-century English landowner and minor nobleman, and Delrick the Scribe, a monk and calligrapher who lived in the 11th century and is credited with producing several illuminated manuscripts.
In the 16th century, Delrick Mowbray, born in 1528, gained recognition as a skilled architect and stonemason, contributing to the construction of several notable buildings in London, including portions of the City of London's defensive walls.
During the 17th century, Delrick Halsall, a wealthy merchant and plantation owner in the British West Indies, became a prominent figure in the Caribbean sugar trade. He was born in 1612 and amassed a considerable fortune through his business ventures.
In more recent times, one of the most famous bearers of the name was Delrick Vaughn, an American artist and painter born in 1905. His works, which often depicted scenes of rural life and landscapes, gained critical acclaim and are now part of the collections of several major art museums.
While the name Delrick has never been among the most commonly used given names, it has persisted throughout history, carrying with it a sense of strength, nobility, and perhaps even a touch of eccentricity, given its relative rarity.
People
Delrick + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Delrick as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with D
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Delrick: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Delrick?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 59 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Delrick going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 5,809,396 US residents.
Is Delrick a common name?
We classify Delrick as "Very Rare". It ranks above 56.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 64 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Delrick most popular?
The single biggest year for Delrick was 1980, when 11 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Delrick is about 48 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Delrick in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 123 people with the name Delrick, or 0.04 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #49,809 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Delrick in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Delrick?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Delrick appears almost entirely male. Of the 115 people counted with this name, 100.0% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Delrick?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Delrick is Black at 88.6%. The next largest groups are White (4.9%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (2.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Delrick most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Delrick in the 2020 Census, accounting for 88.6% (109 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Delrick in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Delrick a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Delrick in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Delrick still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Delrick in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Delrick can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Delrick?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.