Erik

Where Erik comes from

A spelling variant of Eric, or directly borrowed from modern Swedish Erik.
— Wiktionary's entry for Erik
  • Old Norse
Along the way
  1. 1864
    Erik Axel Karlfeldt born
    Swedish poet
  2. 1866
    Erik Satie born
    French composer and pianist
  3. 1911
    First appearance
    #1,740 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1980
    Peak, #64
    4,918 babies named Erik — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #172.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eric.
Namesakes
  • Erik Axel Karlfeldt · Swedish poet, 1864–1931
  • Erik Satie · French composer and pianist, 1866–1925
  • Erik Erikson · American German-born psychoanalyst & essayist, 1902–1994
  • Erik the Red · explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland, 950–1003
  • Erik Lamela · Argentine association football player, born 1992

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.