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Erick

Gender
Boy
Say it
ERR-ik
Origin
Old Norse
UK rank, 2025
#1,162 for boys
US rank, 2025
#366 for boys

Erick is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “eternal ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 1,162nd for boys in the UK (27 babies) and 366th for boys in the US (879 babies).

What does Erick mean?

Old Norse: spelling of Eric

“eternal ruler”

Variant spelling of Eric, from Old Norse Eiríkr.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Erick a girl's or a boy's name?

Erick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the UK and 879 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Erick in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,162among boys
Babies in 2025
27about 1 in 11,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were named Erick, making it the 1,162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,150th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 36 boys.

Half of all the boys named Erick in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 459 boys in the UK were given Erick or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #138, up from #1,162 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,093rd in England and Wales.

2003Busiest: 36 in 20182025
Erick in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202527#1,162
202412#2,009
202334#986
202229#1,092
202136#931
202026#1,150
201931#1,016
201836#919
201726#1,170
201620#1,403
201521#1,324
201416#1,573
20137#2,792
20124#4,147
20116#3,038
20109#2,306
20093#4,691
20088#2,384
20070–
20066#2,645
20053#3,992
20043#3,792
20033#3,593

How popular is Erick in the US?

Rank in 2025
#366among boys
Babies in 2025
879about 1 in 1,900 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 17% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 879 boys in the US were named Erick, making it the 366th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 298th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 2,432 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.

2025 had fewer boys named Erick than any year since 1986.

Half of all the boys named Erick in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,690 boys in the US were given Erick or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #151, up from #366 for this spelling alone.

1883Busiest: 2,432 in 20072025
Erick in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025879#366
20241,040#332
20231,107#302
20221,050#321
20211,041#318
20201,126#298
20191,284#277
20181,247#282
20171,433#256
20161,602#239
20151,372#265
20141,444#258
20131,360#260
20121,520#236
20111,546#232
20101,862#200
20092,004#191
20082,220#179
20072,432#166
20062,346#174
20052,245#181
20042,232#180
20032,094#186
20022,052#182
20011,921#192
20001,884#189
19991,742#193
19981,577#206
19971,617#197
19961,705#188
19951,609#191
19941,679#185
19931,502#203
19921,373#222
19911,508#206
19901,370#223
19891,071#245
1988929#253
1987917#250
1986840#262
1985825#263
1984880#249
1983863#247
1982874#252
1981874#250
1980928#240
1979902#244
1978784#259
1977644#300
1976714#272
1975629#301
1974685#274
1973669#274
1972748#263
1971766#276
1970626#313
1969530#340
1968469#358
1967460#347
1966396#380
1965456#356
1964290#465
1963196#565
1962195#564
1961139#662
1960164#611
1959152#626
1958146#635
1957120#693
195694#755
195563#941
195465#917
195361#919
195287#754
195176#805
195074#790
194992#716
194871#801
194772#814
194659#856
194552#864
194429#1,235
194328#1,307
194225#1,381
194122#1,446
194022#1,433
193914#1,879
193811#2,185
193723#1,403
193614#1,872
193517#1,708
193413#2,022
193312#2,093
193218#1,716
193110#2,470
193015#1,964
192918#1,793
192816#1,960
192716#2,034
192617#1,911
192514#2,192
192429#1,380
192325#1,502
192227#1,434
192114#2,264
192018#1,885
191920#1,694
191817#1,904
191715#1,985
191621#1,548
191526#1,306
191421#1,300
191312#1,579
19128#1,884
19110–
19100–
190910#951
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18997#856
18980–
18976#941
189610#722
18955#1,078
18940–
18930–
18926#955
18915#962
189010#629
18898#722
18880–
18870–
18865#959
18857#765
18840–
18835#891

Nicknames for Erick

Names like Erick

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ali Noah Elijah Eli Hunter Caleb Colby Sonny Ethan Austin Elias Joey

Other spellings of Erick

Eric Erik Eryk

Names related to Erick

Yerik Erich Yerick Arick Aeric Errick

More Old Norse names

Freya Ronnie Ralph Astrid Rafe Odin Ralphie Freyja Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica Raife Ivar Gunnar Dustin

Every Old Norse name

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, “Erick: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erick, updated 20 October 2026.