Erickson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ERR-ik-sun
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Erickson is a boys' name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “son of Eric”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Erickson mean?
Scandinavian: surname, Americanised form of Eriksson
“son of Eric”
Is Erickson a girl's or a boy's name?
Erickson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Erickson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Erickson, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
2025 had fewer boys named Erickson than any year since 1998.
Half of all the boys named Erickson in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Erickson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,761 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 50 | #2,514 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,015 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
Names like Erickson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Easton, Jameson, Elijah, Mason, Jensen, Elias, Jackson, Stetson, Weston, Hudson, Elian, Cameron
Names related to Erickson
More Scandinavian names
Kaia, Jenson, Maren, Gustavo, Anders, Stellan, Iverson, Kari, Kaja, Larson, Olsen, Nea, Ronya, Jensyn, Soley, Loa
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, “Erickson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erickson, updated 20 October 2026.