Arik
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,313 for boys
Arik is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Arik mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Arik a girl's or a boy's name?
Arik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arik in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Arik, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 7 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Arik in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 2 | #6,127 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Arik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Arik, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 81 boys. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the boys named Arik in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 43 | #2,795 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,086 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,189 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,297 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,269 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2010 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2009 | 50 | #2,527 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,051 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,061 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,031 |
| 2004 | 64 | #1,907 |
| 2003 | 68 | #1,761 |
| 2002 | 79 | #1,554 |
| 2001 | 59 | #1,867 |
| 2000 | 81 | #1,493 |
| 1999 | 52 | #1,876 |
| 1998 | 55 | #1,808 |
| 1997 | 55 | #1,750 |
| 1996 | 64 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | 64 | #1,486 |
| 1994 | 63 | #1,490 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,374 |
| 1992 | 55 | #1,593 |
| 1991 | 45 | #1,762 |
| 1990 | 60 | #1,447 |
| 1989 | 45 | #1,700 |
| 1988 | 43 | #1,640 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 35 | #1,758 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,723 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,763 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,598 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,688 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,692 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,870 |
| 1972 | 21 | #1,966 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
Names like Arik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avi Advik Aarav Adhvik Aarvik Aadvik Avram Avyaan Manvik Aj Ivaan Yuvraj
Names related to Arik
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Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Arik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arik, updated 20 October 2026.