Zerick

Last seen for boys in 2016 at #12,185

Peak · boys
1972 · 7 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
161
since 1971

Zerick over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Zerick has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #3,963, 1972boys
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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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2016#12,1855
2015#10,6446
2014#12,1085
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2012#10,7706
2011#9,6007
2010#6,69812
2009#10,9946
2008#12,5535
2007#7,09411
2006#10,6626
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2002#10,6675
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1998#6,8438
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1972#3,9637
1971#4,3756
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Zerick! It came in at #4,375, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1973–1974, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Zerick
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1972 at #3,963 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 1 yr 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 159,890
  • Highest: 1 in 159,890 boys born in 2010 were named Zerick (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 379,548 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,963 in 1972, was only 1 in 231,658 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 26.1% of all boys named Zerick (42) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s30#3,963 (1972)#4,806
1980s8#5,615 (1989)#5,615
1990s42#6,843 (1998)#7,867
2000s40#7,094 (2007)#10,102
2010s41#6,698 (2010)#10,334

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.

Zerick in 1971

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#4,375
6 births · 1 in 294,741 boys

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #4,375Zerick6
More about 1971

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 294,741 of them was named Zerick, which outranked 22.6% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zerick
  1. #3,963Zechariah7
  2. #3,963Zeferino7
  3. #3,963Zerrick7
  4. #4,375Zerick6
  5. #4,375Abelino6
  6. #4,375Absalom6
  7. #4,375Acey6
  8. #4,907Abdel5
  9. #4,907Abiel5
  10. #4,907Achille5

Tied with 531 names at #4,375; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. 754Germaine#1,582#828
  2. 626Jeramie#1,546#920
  3. 512Jeremey#1,396#884
  4. 473Jarod#1,337#864
  5. 454Jamel#1,374#920
Fallers
  1. 328Adolph#926#1,254
  2. 272Dwane#1,000#1,272
  3. 266Bronson#861#1,127
  4. 244Mitch#921#1,165
  5. 242Enrico#839#1,081

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

See the top 100 for 1971