Alric
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-rik
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Alric is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler of all”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Alric mean?
Germanic: short form of Alaric, or from Old English Aelfric
“ruler of all”
Usually taken as a form of Alaric, the name of the Visigothic king who sacked Rome in 410.
Is Alric a girl's or a boy's name?
Alric is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alric 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 Alric, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2022, with 3 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Alric in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
How popular is Alric in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Alric, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the boys named Alric in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alric in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
Nicknames for Alric
- Al 19 boys in the UK in 2025
- Ric
Names like Alric
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archie Alaric Albert Albie Aldo Arlo Rupert Arnold Hugo Ansel Freddie Luis
Names related to Alric
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Charlie Emma Ella Harry Millie Matilda Louie Miles Alice Myles Charles
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, “Alric: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alric, updated 20 October 2026.