Boys' name · since 1950
Alric
Since 1950, U.S. Social Security records show 257 babies named Alric, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,485 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,029 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 257
- born since 1950
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alric currently ranks #9029 among boys' names in America, with 257 babies recorded since 1950.
Alric has 257 recorded births among boys since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9029 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2025.
- #11,485 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,029 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 257 born since 1950
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alric ranks #11,485 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,029 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 257 born since 1950, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,485 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,029 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 257
- born since 1950
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alric's 257 recorded births place it above 74.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alric compares
257 42nd 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
Alric's all-time total is 30% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alric | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 257 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Alric's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alric's full recorded timeline at 2005, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alric popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Alric by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (95 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Alric's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Alric births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
- 1960s 14
1960s
14 births
- 1970s 31
1970s
31 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 95 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Alric's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (95 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alric: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~75 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, 1950–2025 (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 Alric 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.