Aaric
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AIR-ik
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Aaric is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “ever ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Aaric mean?
Old Norse: spelling of Aric, itself a spelling of Eric
“ever ruler”
Eric comes from Old Norse Eirikr; Erik the Red founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland.
Meaning borrowed from Aric.
Is Aaric a girl's or a boy's name?
Aaric is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aaric in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 267% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Aaric, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2022, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Aaric in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Aaric in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Aaric, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Aaric in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were given Aaric or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,273, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Aaric in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Aaric
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel Luca Asher River Ayaan Ali Hudson Jaxon Yahya Enzo Albie Archer
Other spellings of Aaric
Names related to Aaric
More Old Norse names
Freya Ronnie Ralph Eric Astrid Colby Rafe Odin Ralphie Erik Freyja Erick Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aaric: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aaric, updated 20 October 2026.