Erik — #476 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Erik

The Social Security Administration has registered 156,900 babies named Erik between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erik currently holds the #476 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 4,914 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erik performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 36,346 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Erik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 31,657 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Erik in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erik 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 156,900 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.