Boys' name · since 1989
Airik
69 babies named Airik in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,873 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,562 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Airik is the #12562 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 69 recorded since 1989.
Social Security Administration records show Airik recorded 69 times among boys since 1989, holding rank #12562 nationally today, ahead of 10% of boys, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #19,873 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,562 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 69 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Airik ranks #19,873 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,562 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 69 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,873 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,562 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Airik's 69 recorded births place it above 56.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Airik compares
69 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Airik's all-time total is 81% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Airik | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 69 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Airik's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Airik splits its recorded history at 2000: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Airik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Airik by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (29 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Airik's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Airik births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
25 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 29 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Airik's data
- Airik's decade-level peak was the 1990s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Airik: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Airik draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.