Aldric
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-drik
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Aldric is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “old ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Aldric mean?
Germanic: ald 'old' + ric 'ruler, power'
“old ruler”
Saint Aldric was a 9th-century bishop of Le Mans in France.
Is Aldric a girl's or a boy's name?
Aldric is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aldric in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Aldric, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 3 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Aldric in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
How popular is Aldric in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 129% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Aldric, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the boys named Aldric in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aldric in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
Names like Aldric
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archie Albie Albert Alaric Freddie Arlo Eric Arthur Aldo Hugo William Arnie
Names related to Aldric
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte Charlie Emma Ella Harry Millie Matilda Louie Miles Alice Myles Charles Lottie
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, “Aldric: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aldric, updated 20 October 2026.