Erick
Erick was given to 879 boys in 2025, #366 among boys’ names; 79,880 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 75,900 Americans named Erick and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 16 and 36.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Erick by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Erick mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Erick is “a male given name from the Germanic languages, a rare spelling variant of Eric that can also be explained as a form of Frederick.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Erick?
#366 among boys’ names, 2025
Erick fell from #265 in 2015 to #366 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.72 to 0.51 per 1,000.
2,437 babies in 2007, the peak
Erick peaked in 2007, when 2,437 babies were given it (2,432 boys, #166 among boys’ names). The 879 births of 2025 are 36% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 879 | #366 | 0.51 |
| 2024 | 1,040 | #333 | 0.60 |
| 2023 | 1,107 | #302 | 0.65 |
| 2022 | 1,050 | #321 | 0.60 |
| 2021 | 1,041 | #318 | 0.60 |
| 2020 | 1,126 | #298 | 0.65 |
| 2019 | 1,284 | #277 | 0.72 |
| 2018 | 1,247 | #282 | 0.69 |
| 2017 | 1,433 | #256 | 0.77 |
| 2016 | 1,602 | #239 | 0.84 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,372 | #265 | 0.72 |
| 2014 | 1,444 | #258 | 0.75 |
| 2013 | 1,360 | #260 | 0.72 |
| 2012 | 1,520 | #236 | 0.80 |
| 2011 | 1,546 | #232 | 0.81 |
| 2010 | 1,862 | #200 | 1.0 |
| 2009 | 2,004 | #191 | 1.0 |
| 2008 | 2,220 | #179 | 1.1 |
| 2007 | 2,432 | #166 | 1.2 |
| 2006 | 2,346 | #174 | 1.1 |
| 2005 | 2,245 | #181 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | 2,232 | #180 | 1.1 |
| 2003 | 2,094 | #186 | 1.1 |
| 2002 | 2,052 | #182 | 1.1 |
| 2001 | 1,921 | #192 | 1.0 |
| 2000 | 1,884 | #190 | 1.0 |
| 1999 | 1,742 | #193 | 0.91 |
| 1998 | 1,577 | #206 | 0.83 |
| 1997 | 1,617 | #197 | 0.86 |
| 1996 | 1,705 | #188 | 0.90 |
| 1995 | 1,609 | #191 | 0.85 |
| 1994 | 1,679 | #185 | 0.87 |
| 1993 | 1,502 | #203 | 0.77 |
| 1992 | 1,373 | #222 | 0.69 |
| 1991 | 1,508 | #207 | 0.75 |
| 1990 | 1,370 | #223 | 0.67 |
| 1989 | 1,071 | #245 | 0.54 |
| 1988 | 929 | #253 | 0.49 |
| 1987 | 917 | #250 | 0.49 |
| 1986 | 840 | #262 | 0.46 |
| 1985 | 825 | #263 | 0.45 |
| 1984 | 880 | #249 | 0.49 |
| 1983 | 863 | #247 | 0.48 |
| 1982 | 874 | #252 | 0.48 |
| 1981 | 874 | #250 | 0.49 |
| 1980 | 928 | #240 | 0.52 |
| 1979 | 902 | #244 | 0.52 |
| 1978 | 784 | #259 | 0.48 |
| 1977 | 644 | #301 | 0.39 |
| 1976 | 714 | #272 | 0.46 |
| 1975 | 629 | #301 | 0.40 |
| 1974 | 685 | #274 | 0.44 |
| 1973 | 669 | #274 | 0.43 |
| 1972 | 748 | #263 | 0.46 |
| 1971 | 766 | #276 | 0.43 |
| 1970 | 626 | #313 | 0.34 |
| 1969 | 530 | #340 | 0.30 |
| 1968 | 469 | #358 | 0.27 |
| 1967 | 460 | #347 | 0.26 |
| 1966 | 396 | #380 | 0.22 |
| 1965 | 456 | #356 | 0.25 |
| 1964 | 290 | #465 | 0.15 |
| 1963 | 196 | #565 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 195 | #564 | 0.09 |
| 1961 | 139 | #663 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 164 | #611 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 152 | #626 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 146 | #635 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 120 | #694 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 94 | #756 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 63 | #944 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 65 | #923 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 61 | #920 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 87 | #758 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 76 | #805 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 74 | #790 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 92 | #717 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 71 | #803 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 72 | #814 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 59 | #856 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 52 | #865 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,242 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,319 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,395 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,463 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,446 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,905 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,232 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,420 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,906 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,727 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,053 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,129 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,739 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,533 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,998 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,815 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,993 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,068 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,929 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,230 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,389 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,518 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,443 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,286 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,907 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,715 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,929 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,019 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,563 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,318 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,308 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,607 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,934 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 10 | #969 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 7 | #884 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 6 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 10 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 6 | #999 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,015 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 10 | #641 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 8 | #740 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,014 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 7 | #789 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 5 | #942 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Erick a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Erick has been given almost only to boys: 417 girls in 126 years of records.
Girls and boys named Erick: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Erick, and how old are they?
75,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 79,880 Americans ever recorded as Erick. The median Erick alive today is 24 years old; half are between 16 and 36.
The 2020 Census counted 78,395 people named Erick (289 women and girls, 78,106 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 70,937 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 87 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,550 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 9,350 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 18,100 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 30,900 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 15,900 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Erick born?
The states with the most babies named Erick are Texas, California and Florida, with 43% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 158 | #248 | 1.6× |
| California | 149 | #253 | 2.1× |
| Florida | 64 | #304 | 1.0× |
| New York | 59 | #311 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 43 | #221 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 35 | #306 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 29 | #396 | 0.7× |
| Arizona | 25 | #315 | 1.4× |
| Virginia | 25 | #334 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 24 | #450 | 0.7× |
Where Erick is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Erick is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Erick with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,135,344 babies since 1880, Erick is the third most given (7.0% of them). In 2025 it was given to 879 of their 2,699 babies (33%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Erick
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Erick and names like it
- Compare Erick and EricBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sErick peaked in 2007.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Erick since 1910.
- The top names of 2007The year the most babies were named Erick.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Erick alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with EMost given first.