Aric

Last seen for girls in 1978 at #9,750 · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1977 · 265 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,626
since 1946

Aric over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Aric has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #502, 1977boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,24924
2024—#4,32124
2023—#3,56632
2022—#3,53332
2021—#3,24236
2020—#3,13636
2019—#2,80844
2018—#2,54650
2017—#2,27058
2016—#2,16763
2015—#2,21261
2014—#2,25659
2013—#2,22558
2012—#2,00370
2011—#2,01767
2010—#1,77883
2009—#1,79783
2008—#1,516107
2007—#1,66991
2006—#1,339122
2005—#1,343112
2004—#1,335110
2003—#1,305107
2002—#1,160122
2001—#997153
2000—#983151
1999—#988143
1998—#837175
1997—#843169
1996—#821175
1995—#772193
1994—#792178
1993—#761189
1992—#720205
1991—#725195
1990—#697213
1989—#748175
1988—#731167
1987—#785138
1986—#789132
1985—#768133
1984—#735140
1983—#89596
1982—#871104
1981—#741138
1980—#671166
1979—#622190
1978#9,7505#581210
1977—#502265
1976—#550215
1975—#557210
1974—#615171
1973—#580187
1972—#651151
1971—#542219
1970—#678147
1969—#79794
1968—#1,25037
1967—#1,11744
1966—#1,07347
1965—#1,04350
1964—#1,54526
1963—#1,69522
1962—#1,51527
1961—#1,87619
1960—#2,68510
1959—#1,70922
1958—#1,95317
1957—#3,9935
1956—#2,49711
1955—#2,55810
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1952—#2,6809
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1948—#2,7888
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five boys were named Aric! It came in at #2,919, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Aric is popular in 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #316 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,266 boysMNIllinois: #644 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 10,233 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedWIMichigan: #653 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 12,740 boysMINew York: #1,127 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 23,369 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedSDIowa: #292 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,027 boysIAIndiana: #419 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,301 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #645 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,153 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #662 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 10,113 boysCAUtah: #343 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,523 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedHITexas: #679 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 9,521 boysTXFlorida: #729 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 11,867 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Iowa#292 · 1 in 4,027
  2. Minnesota#316 · 1 in 5,266
  3. Utah#343 · 1 in 3,523
  4. Indiana#419 · 1 in 6,301
  5. Illinois#644 · 1 in 10,233

Best ever in a state: #144 in North Dakota, 1996.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#29251 in 4,027
Minnesota#31661 in 5,266
Utah#34351 in 3,523
Indiana#41961 in 6,301
Illinois#64481 in 10,233
Pennsylvania#64551 in 15,153
Michigan#65351 in 12,740
California#662211 in 10,113
Texas#679151 in 9,521
Florida#72961 in 11,867
New York#1,12751 in 23,369
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Aric
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 72 spots since 2024 (#4,321 → #4,249)
  • 1,113 spots since 2020 (#3,136 → #4,249)
  • 2,037 spots since 2015 (#2,212 → #4,249)
  • Biggest jump: 453 spots in 1969 (#1,250 → #797)
  • Biggest drop: 163 spots in 2002 (#997 → #1,160)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1977 at #502 (265 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1969–2001
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,201
  • Highest: 1 in 6,201 boys born in 1977 were named Aric (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 25.8% of all boys named Aric (1,965) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s27#2,225 (1949)#2,644
1950s79#1,709 (1959)#2,741
1960s376#797 (1969)#1,460
1970s1,965#502 (1977)#588
1980s1,389#671 (1980)#773
1990s1,835#697 (1990)#796
2000s1,158#983 (2000)#1,344
2010s613#1,778 (2010)#2,228
2020s184#3,136 (2020)#3,675

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Aric in 1984

boys
#735
140 births · 1 in 12,892 boys

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #735Aric140
More about 1984

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 12,892 of them was named Aric, which outranked 90.0% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aric
  1. #730Kirby142
  2. #733Brain141
  3. #733Lincoln141
  4. #735Aric140
  5. #735Bennett140
  6. #735Davin140
  7. #735Jace140
  8. #739Bart139
  9. #739Tyrel139
  10. #741Keon138

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Ryne#1,562 → #604
  2. ↑ 472Rachel#1,448 → #976
  3. ↑ 399Zebulon#1,375 → #976
  4. ↑ 359Travon#1,327 → #968
  5. ↑ 347Mackenzie#1,347 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Trumaine#949 → #1,690
  2. ↓ 422Basil#1,000 → #1,422
  3. ↓ 240Alfonzo#1,000 → #1,240
  4. ↓ 208Jasen#804 → #1,012
  5. ↓ 205Woodrow#949 → #1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1984 →