Eirik
Boy · AY-rik · Old Norse
Eirik is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “ever ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Eirik mean?
Old Norse: Norwegian form of Eric, from Eiríkr
“ever ruler”
Norwegian form of Eric; Eirik the Red founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland around 985.
- Say it
- AY-rik
Is Eirik a girl's or a boy's name?
Eirik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eirik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Eirik, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the boys named Eirik in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eirik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
Names like Eirik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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