Erek — #11114 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Erek

The Social Security Administration has registered 671 babies named Erek between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erek currently holds the #11114 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erek performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 189 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Erek shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Erek in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erek 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 671 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.