Ericson
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Ericson is a boys' name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “son of Eric”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Ericson mean?
Scandinavian: patronymic surname
“son of Eric”
Leif Erikson, the Norse explorer who reached North America around the year 1000, bore the same patronymic.
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Is Ericson a girl's or a boy's name?
Ericson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ericson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Ericson, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the boys named Ericson in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ericson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
Nicknames for Ericson
- Eric 316 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ericson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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