Erick

Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · #366 for boys in 2025, 879 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2007 · 2,432 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
79,463
since 1883

Erick over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Erick has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201896peak #166, 2007boys
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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—#366879
2024—#3321,040
2023—#3021,107
2022—#3211,050
2021—#3181,041
2020—#2981,126
2019—#2771,284
2018—#2821,247
2017#15,9025#2561,433
2016—#2391,602
2015—#2651,372
2014—#2581,444
2013—#2601,360
2012—#2361,520
2011#14,8246#2321,546
2010—#2001,862
2009—#1912,004
2008#12,5798#1792,220
2007#17,6365#1662,432
2006#17,1685#1742,346
2005#13,0107#1812,245
2004—#1802,232
2003#7,20715#1862,094
2002#12,1877#1822,052
2001#7,72413#1921,921
2000#6,20817#1891,884
1999#8,22311#1931,742
1998#9,2609#2061,577
1997#7,74211#1971,617
1996#5,53117#1881,705
1995#9,5538#1911,609
1994#6,31914#1851,679
1993#5,67316#2031,502
1992#5,26718#2221,373
1991#4,80820#2061,508
1990#4,38022#2231,370
1989#6,95511#2451,071
1988#7,6919#253929
1987#5,92312#250917
1986#7,1349#262840
1985#5,67812#263825
1984#6,8109#249880
1983#9,0156#247863
1982#9,2376#252874
1981#7,4098#250874
1980#5,54412#240928
1979#5,75111#244902
1978#5,95810#259784
1977#8,4446#300644
1976#5,60110#272714
1975#7,1737#301629
1974#5,7769#274685
1973—#274669
1972#5,9598#263748
1971#3,50818#276766
1970—#313626
1969#7,4715#340530
1968#7,0165#358469
1967—#347460
1966—#380396
1965—#356456
1964—#465290
1963—#565196
1962—#564195
1961—#663139
1960—#612164
1959—#627152
1958—#636146
1957—#694120
1956—#75694
1955—#94263
1954—#91865
1953—#92061
1952—#75587
1951—#80676
1950—#79174
1949—#71792
1948—#80271
1947—#81572
1946—#85659
1945—#86452
1944—#1,23529
1943—#1,30828
1942—#1,38125
1941—#1,44622
1940—#1,43322
1939—#1,87914
1938—#2,18511
1937—#1,40323
1936—#1,87214
1935—#1,70817
1934—#2,02213
1933—#2,09312
1932—#1,71618
1931—#2,47110
1930—#1,96415
1929—#1,79318
1928—#1,96016
1927—#2,03416
1926—#1,91117
1925—#2,19314
1924—#1,38029
1923—#1,50225
1922—#1,43427
1921—#2,26514
1920—#1,88518
1919—#1,69520
1918—#1,90517
1917—#1,98615
1916—#1,54921
1915—#1,30626
1914—#1,30021
1913—#1,58012
1912—#1,8858
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1899—#8577
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1897—#9426
1896—#72210
1895—#1,0795
1894——
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1892—#9566
1891—#9635
1890—#62910
1889—#7228
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1886—#9595
1885—#7657
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1883—#8925
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five boys were named Erick! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Erick is popular in 1896

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Erick
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 34 spots since 2024 (#332 → #366)
  • 68 spots since 2020 (#298 → #366)
  • 101 spots since 2015 (#265 → #366)
  • Biggest jump: 371 spots in 1945 (#1,235 → #864)
  • Biggest drop: 334 spots in 1891 (#629 → #963)
Rise & fade · boys
124 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 2007 at #166 (2,432 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 92 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1945–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 853
  • Highest: 1 in 853 boys born in 2007 were named Erick (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,943 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 27.0% of all boys named Erick (21,430) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s25#722 (1889)#835
1890s49#629 (1890)#878
1900s10#951 (1909)#951
1910s140#1,300 (1914)#1,651
1920s194#1,380 (1924)#1,836
1930s147#1,403 (1937)#1,931
1940s472#717 (1949)#1,086
1950s938#627 (1959)#785
1960s3,295#340 (1969)#465
1970s7,167#244 (1979)#278
1980s9,001#240 (1980)#251
1990s15,682#185 (1994)#201
2000s21,430#166 (2007)#182
2010s14,670#200 (2010)#251
2020s6,243#298 (2020)#323

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.

Erick in 1896

boys
#722
10 births · 1 in 11,957 boys

Top boys' names in 1896

  1. #1John8,138
  2. #2William7,747
  3. #3James5,206
  4. #4George4,286
  5. #5Charles3,639
  6. #6Joseph3,051
  7. #7Frank2,845
  8. #8Robert2,719
  9. #9Edward2,296
  10. #10Henry2,183
  11. #722Erick10
More about 1896

boys

119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 11,957 of them was named Erick, which outranked 43.0% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Erick
  1. #674Simpson11
  2. #674Tracy11
  3. #674West11
  4. #722Erick10
  5. #722Alden10
  6. #722Alfredo10
  7. #722Alonza10
  8. #778Alf9
  9. #778Arley9
  10. #778Artie9

Tied with 55 names at #722; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. ↑ 533Hobert#795 → #262
  2. ↑ 528Cicero#1,079 → #551
  3. ↑ 528Earley#1,079 → #551
  4. ↑ 516Tomas#978 → #462
  5. ↑ 492Bryant#872 → #380
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Talmage#529 → #1,101
  2. ↓ 545Bernie#556 → #1,101
  3. ↓ 545Mathias#556 → #1,101
  4. ↓ 522Orlando#579 → #1,101
  5. ↓ 522Rogers#579 → #1,101

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

See the top 100 for 1896 →