Erick

What Erick means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Erick yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #265 in 2015 to #366 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Erick?

US: Falling: down from #265 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1236 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2007, when 2,432 boys got the name (#166 that year). First in the US records in 1883.

How common

• About 1 in 1,943 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 10,072 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (1.08 per 1,000 boys), NM (1.08 per 1,000 boys), TX (0.9 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Erick is #366 in the US and #1093 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Erick were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Eric1,256 US · 300 E&W
• Erik549 US · 99 E&W
• Arik35 US · 4 E&W
• Aric24 US
• Eryk6 US · 13 E&W
• Eirik9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Erick

Boys

• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Skyler#783Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #360 in 2015, #783 in 2025
• Drew#553Diminutive of Andrew, meaning “manly”^*
• Garrett#564Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #269 in 2015, #564 in 2025
• Lance#862Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1970, with 4,160 babies; 279 in 2025
• William#9“will + helmet”^*

For a sister

• Jocelyn#393“a Geat, a Goth”^*
• Abby#731Diminutive of Abigail, meaning “my Father's joy”^*
• Karla#799Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1964, with 2,060 babies; 340 in 2025
• Alyssa#453“a plant of the genus Alyssum”^*
• Allison#103Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Skyler#670Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #283 in 2015, #670 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Erick’s. Rank is US 2025.