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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #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
1911
1910
1909#95110
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899#8577
1898
1897#9426
1896#72210
1895#1,0795
1894
1893
1892#9566
1891#9635
1890#62910
1889#7228
1888
1887
1886#9595
1885#7657
1884
1883#8925
1882
1881
1880
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 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedWIMichigan: #511 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,553 boysMINew York: #698 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 30,169 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #707 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 20,339 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #506 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,083 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Erick, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#506 · 1 in 7,083
  2. Michigan#511 · 1 in 15,553
  3. New York#698 · 1 in 30,169
  4. California#707 · 1 in 20,339

Best ever in a state: #83 in District of Columbia, 2008.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#50651 in 7,083
Michigan#51151 in 15,553
New York#69851 in 30,169
California#70761 in 20,339
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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 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 1950

boys
#791
74 births · 1 in 24,193 boys

Top boys' names in 1950

  1. #1James86,228
  2. #2Robert83,553
  3. #3John79,412
  4. #4Michael65,136
  5. #5David60,729
  6. #6William60,680
  7. #7Richard51,003
  8. #8Thomas45,596
  9. #9Charles39,095
  10. #10Gary33,737
  11. #791Erick74
More about 1950

boys

1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 24,193 of them was named Erick, which outranked 81.1% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Erick
  1. #788Ezra75
  2. #788Huey75
  3. #788Lorin75
  4. #791Erick74
  5. #791Howell74
  6. #791Lauren74
  7. #791Rolando74
  8. #797Bertram73
  9. #797Darold73
  10. #797Margarito73

Tied with 5 names at #791; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. 744Ezzard#1,616#872
  2. 510Kelvin#1,085#575
  3. 447Nancy#1,297#850
  4. 420Samual#1,380#960
  5. 376Shaun#1,275#899
Fallers
  1. 371Sharon#885#1,256
  2. 369Melvyn#770#1,139
  3. 367Les#997#1,364
  4. 351Delmas#905#1,256
  5. 315Denzil#808#1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1950