Erik

What Erik means

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

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1980, with 4,918 babies; 549 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Erik?

US: Falling: down from #337 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #406 in 2015, #408 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1980, when 4,918 boys got the name (#64 that year). First in the US records in 1911.

How common

• About 1 in 3,111 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,747 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland 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 ID (0.93 per 1,000 boys), UT (0.81 per 1,000 boys), NM (0.77 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Erik is #545 in the US and #408 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 Erik 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
• Erick879 US · 27 E&W
• Arik35 US · 4 E&W
• Aric24 US
• Eryk6 US · 13 E&W
• Eirik9 US
• Arek7 US
• Airik5 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.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Eric
• Erick
• Eriq
• Erique

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Erik

Boys

• Harold#991“army + ruler, authority”^*
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Soren#464Editor’s note Up from #574 in 2015 to #464 in 2025 in the US
• Anders#984Editor’s note Down from #796 in 2015 to #984 in 2025 in the US
• Joseph#29“(God) shall add”^*
• Justin#233“just”^*

For a sister

• Annika#995Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 1,089 babies; 254 in 2025
• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records
• Maren#470Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #470 vs #5,927 in 2025
• Freya#176“mistress, lady”^*
• Sarah#90“masters, princes”^*
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Scandinavian & Norse where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Erik’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.