Aarik — #6585 US boys' name
230 babies named Aarik in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Aarik was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Aarik in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aarik
The Social Security Administration has registered 230 babies named Aarik between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aarik currently holds the #6585 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aarik performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Aarik shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aarik in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aarik in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 230 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aarik at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Aarik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (2017)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #6585 among boys.
230 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 19 births in a single year.
Aarik by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 110 births that decade — 48% of Aarik's all-time total
Aarik decade highlights
- Peak decade 110 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aarik's strongest decade
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Aarik by state
Where Aarik concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 5.2% |
12 of 230 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.