Aric

Where Aric comes from

Aric hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1946
    First appearance
    #2,919 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Peak, #502
    265 babies named Aric — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1982
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #871.
  4. 1984
    Aric Almirola born
    racecar driver
  5. 1997
    Aric Holman born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Aric Almirola · racecar driver, born 1984
  • Aric Holman · American basketball player, born 1997
  • Aric Nesbitt · American politician, born 1980
  • Aric Cushing · American actor, born 1973
  • Aric Morris · American football player, born 1977

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.