Elric
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EL-rik
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Elric is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “elf ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Elric mean?
Old English: form of Old English Ælfric
“elf ruler”
Elric of Melniboné is the albino sorcerer-hero of Michael Moorcock's fantasy novels.
Is Elric a girl's or a boy's name?
Elric is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elric in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Elric, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Elric in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
How popular is Elric in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Elric, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Elric in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elric in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
Names like Elric
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eric, Edward, Eddie, Edmund, Edwin, Alfie, Wilfred, Ellis, Isaac, Enzo, Alfred, Elvin
Names related to Elric
More Old English names
Teddy, Waylon, Audrey, Edith, Ozzy, Edie, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden, Kelsey, Alvin, Ozzie, Harold, Darwin
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, “Elric: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elric, updated 20 October 2026.