Erich
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AIR-ik
- Origin
- Old Norse
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Erich is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “ever ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Erich mean?
Old Norse: German form of Eric, from Old Norse Eiríkr
“ever ruler”
Erich Maria Remarque wrote the First World War novel All Quiet on the Western Front.
Is Erich a girl's or a boy's name?
Erich is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Erich in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Erich, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 343 boys. It first appears in the records in 1894.
Half of all the boys named Erich in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were given Erich or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,273, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Erich in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,540 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 36 | #3,127 |
| 2009 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 57 | #2,281 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,247 |
| 2005 | 73 | #1,787 |
| 2004 | 78 | #1,650 |
| 2003 | 91 | #1,436 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,421 |
| 2001 | 85 | #1,448 |
| 2000 | 125 | #1,119 |
| 1999 | 119 | #1,112 |
| 1998 | 122 | #1,069 |
| 1997 | 147 | #920 |
| 1996 | 162 | #854 |
| 1995 | 155 | #873 |
| 1994 | 189 | #765 |
| 1993 | 185 | #768 |
| 1992 | 200 | #729 |
| 1991 | 193 | #727 |
| 1990 | 201 | #714 |
| 1989 | 221 | #670 |
| 1988 | 241 | #605 |
| 1987 | 217 | #615 |
| 1986 | 210 | #615 |
| 1985 | 252 | #554 |
| 1984 | 246 | #551 |
| 1983 | 232 | #550 |
| 1982 | 258 | #532 |
| 1981 | 211 | #586 |
| 1980 | 272 | #514 |
| 1979 | 209 | #591 |
| 1978 | 242 | #531 |
| 1977 | 257 | #511 |
| 1976 | 239 | #522 |
| 1975 | 256 | #500 |
| 1974 | 252 | #500 |
| 1973 | 251 | #491 |
| 1972 | 290 | #462 |
| 1971 | 343 | #441 |
| 1970 | 304 | #464 |
| 1969 | 235 | #505 |
| 1968 | 235 | #493 |
| 1967 | 182 | #552 |
| 1966 | 188 | #557 |
| 1965 | 211 | #528 |
| 1964 | 198 | #560 |
| 1963 | 204 | #554 |
| 1962 | 151 | #629 |
| 1961 | 177 | #593 |
| 1960 | 165 | #608 |
| 1959 | 127 | #676 |
| 1958 | 116 | #694 |
| 1957 | 115 | #705 |
| 1956 | 89 | #784 |
| 1955 | 71 | #873 |
| 1954 | 61 | #945 |
| 1953 | 62 | #907 |
| 1952 | 61 | #906 |
| 1951 | 52 | #971 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,036 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,204 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,028 |
| 1946 | 36 | #1,156 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,212 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,367 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,051 |
| 1940 | 38 | #1,050 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,439 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,243 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,330 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,333 |
| 1930 | 31 | #1,283 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 27 | #1,425 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,575 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,479 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,138 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,364 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 8 | #786 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
Names like Erich
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michael Daniel Matthew Jamie Steven Patrick Jason Jeffrey Ruben Joel Dustin David
Other spellings of Erich
Names related to Erich
More Old Norse names
Freya Ronnie Ralph Astrid Colby Rafe Odin Ralphie Erik Freyja Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica Raife Ivar
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, “Erich: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erich, updated 20 October 2026.