Arik — #3289 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Arik

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,577 babies named Arik between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arik currently holds the #3289 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arik performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 642 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Arik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 306 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Arik in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arik 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 2,577 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.