Aric — #4438 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Aric

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,600 babies named Aric between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aric currently holds the #4438 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 265 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aric performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,964 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Aric shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 803 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Aric in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aric 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 7,600 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.