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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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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1953#3,7985
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 1991

  • 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: #594 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,196 boysWAIdaho: 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: #336 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,420 boysMNIllinois: #577 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 6,250 boysILWisconsin: #491 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,548 boysWIMichigan: #530 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,245 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: 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: #271 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,563 boysIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedINOhio: #385 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 4,424 boysOHPennsylvania: #655 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 11,465 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #822 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 13,084 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedUTColorado: #428 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,043 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedNEMissouri: #549 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,453 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Aric, so not publishedWVVirginia: #542 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,011 boysVAMaryland: 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: #266 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,010 boysKSArkansas: 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: #740 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 9,579 boysTXFlorida: #868 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,719 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kansas#266 · 1 in 2,010
  2. Iowa#271 · 1 in 2,563
  3. Minnesota#336 · 1 in 4,420
  4. Ohio#385 · 1 in 4,424
  5. Colorado#428 · 1 in 4,043

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#26681 in 2,010
Iowa#27171 in 2,563
Minnesota#33671 in 4,420
Ohio#385181 in 4,424
Colorado#42861 in 4,043
Wisconsin#49151 in 6,548
Michigan#530111 in 6,245
Virginia#54271 in 6,011
Missouri#54951 in 7,453
Illinois#577141 in 6,250
Washington#59451 in 7,196
Pennsylvania#65571 in 11,465
Texas#740161 in 9,579
California#822221 in 13,084
Florida#86871 in 12,719
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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 1991

boys
#725
195 births · 1 in 10,361 boys

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #725Aric195
More about 1991

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 10,361 of them was named Aric, which outranked 92.5% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aric
  1. #721Nick197
  2. #723Amos196
  3. #723Kwame196
  4. #725Aric195
  5. #725Ahmed195
  6. #725Coleman195
  7. #728Dimitri194
  8. #728Royce194
  9. #728Tom194

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

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 4,462Devante#5,382#920
  2. 1,656Unnamed#2,628#972
  3. 1,496Jaleel#2,373#877
  4. 811Gunnar#1,516#705
  5. 672Dijon#1,587#915
Fallers
  1. 1,000Arsenio#744#1,744
  2. 773Brittany#995#1,768
  3. 281Infant#389#670
  4. 281Jarret#881#1,162
  5. 273Elton#963#1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991