Eirik — #5931 US boys' name
353 babies named Eirik in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to boys today.
28% of everyone ever named Eirik was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Eirik in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eirik
The Social Security Administration has registered 353 babies named Eirik between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eirik currently holds the #5931 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eirik performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Eirik shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Eirik in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eirik 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 353 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.
Eirik at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eirik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1963
- Peak year (2017)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
Currently ranks #5931 among boys.
353 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 17 births in a single year.
Eirik by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 100 births that decade — 28% of Eirik's all-time total
Eirik decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Eirik's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Eirik by state
Where Eirik concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 353 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.4% 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, 1963–2024 (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.