Eriq

Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330

Peak · boys
1995 · 75 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
742
since 1988

Eriq over time

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Rank among boys' names. Eriq has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #1,359, 1995boys
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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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2022#12,3305
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2020#10,6056
2019#9,7567
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2017#9,6967
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2015#10,6446
2014#8,7818
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2012#7,55910
2011#7,00911
2010#8,8038
2009#5,10218
2008#7,69810
2007#4,24323
2006#5,52515
2005#6,22612
2004#4,26420
2003#3,28028
2002#2,68535
2001#2,24945
2000#1,89555
1999#1,71061
1998#1,76857
1997#1,55066
1996#1,40075
1995#1,35975
1994#4,29014
1993#4,69712
1992#4,56412
1991#4,23113
1990#4,99310
1989#4,27112
1988#6,4266
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First appearance
1988

The first year at least five boys were named Eriq! It came in at #6,426, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2013, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Eriq is popular in 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,861 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 40,301 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #871 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,844 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Eriq, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#871 · 1 in 9,844
  2. California#1,861 · 1 in 40,301

Best ever in a state: #606 in New Jersey, 1995.

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California#1,86161 in 40,301
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See more about Eriq
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1988
  • Peaked 1995 at #1,359 (75 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,257
  • Highest: 1 in 25,257 boys born in 1996 were named Eriq (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,359 in 1995, was only 1 in 25,383 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 53.2% of all boys named Eriq (395) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s18#4,271 (1989)#5,349
1990s395#1,359 (1995)#3,056
2000s261#1,895 (2000)#4,317
2010s57#7,009 (2011)#8,893
2020s11#10,605 (2020)#11,468

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.

Eriq in 1999

boys
#1,710
61 births · 1 in 31,478 boys

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #1,710Eriq61
More about 1999

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 31,478 of them was named Eriq, which outranked 85.3% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eriq
  1. #1,692Tyreece62
  2. #1,692Tyresse62
  3. #1,692Vincente62
  4. #1,710Eriq61
  5. #1,710Abhishek61
  6. #1,710Akeem61
  7. #1,710Anish61
  8. #1,720Alain60
  9. #1,720Amani60
  10. #1,720Atticus60

Tied with 9 names at #1,710; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,239Trajan#2,235 → #996
  2. ↑ 669Tyreese#1,558 → #889
  3. ↑ 595Latrell#1,231 → #636
  4. ↑ 420Zion#694 → #274
  5. ↑ 414Xander#1,338 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Jaret#555 → #936
  2. ↓ 362Kordell#841 → #1,203
  3. ↓ 313Juwan#524 → #837
  4. ↓ 296Jarett#743 → #1,039
  5. ↓ 288Christion#989 → #1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1999 →