Emerik
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EM-er-ik
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Emerik is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “great ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Emerik mean?
Germanic: spelling of Emerick, itself a variant of Emmerich
“great ruler”
Its Italian form, Amerigo, was borne by the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, after whom America is named.
Meaning borrowed from Emerick.
Is Emerik a girl's or a boy's name?
Emerik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emerik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 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, 17 boys in the US were named Emerik, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. It first appears in the records in 2013.
2025 had the most boys named Emerik of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
Half of all the boys named Emerik in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 188 boys in the US were given Emerik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,030, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
Emerik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
Names like Emerik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliam Eziah Atreus Everett Bellamy Hendrix Emmett Elian Everest Eliel Amias Aziel
Other spellings of Emerik
Names related to Emerik
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from 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, “Emerik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emerik, updated 20 October 2026.