Erik
Boy · ERR-ik · Old Norse
Erik is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “eternal ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 432nd for boys in the UK (103 babies) and 545th for boys in the US (549 babies).
What does Erik mean?
Old Norse: Scandinavian form of Eric
“eternal ruler”
Scandinavian form of Eric; borne by Erik the Red, who founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland.
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- ERR-ik
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Is Erik a girl's or a boy's name?
Erik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 103 boys in the UK and 549 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Erik in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #432among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 103about 1 in 2,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 103 boys in the UK were named Erik, making it the 432nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 366th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 161 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Erik than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Erik in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 459 boys in the UK were given Erik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #138, up from #432 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 408th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Erik in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 103 | #432 |
| 2024 | 107 | #419 |
| 2023 | 141 | #345 |
| 2022 | 132 | #366 |
| 2021 | 161 | #324 |
| 2020 | 137 | #366 |
| 2019 | 159 | #330 |
| 2018 | 153 | #342 |
| 2017 | 149 | #358 |
| 2016 | 143 | #368 |
| 2015 | 111 | #427 |
| 2014 | 119 | #393 |
| 2013 | 72 | #556 |
| 2012 | 66 | #601 |
| 2011 | 62 | #617 |
| 2010 | 57 | #639 |
| 2009 | 42 | #771 |
| 2008 | 57 | #621 |
| 2007 | 47 | #676 |
| 2006 | 42 | #712 |
| 2005 | 29 | #866 |
| 2004 | 28 | #836 |
| 2003 | 32 | #737 |
| 2002 | 30 | #707 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 19 | #917 |
| 1999 | 30 | #654 |
| 1998 | 17 | #951 |
| 1997 | 19 | #864 |
| 1996 | 24 | #697 |
How popular is Erik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #545among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 549about 1 in 3,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 549 boys in the US were named Erik, making it the 545th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 422nd. Its busiest year was 1980, with 4,918 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Erik than any year since 1962.
Half of all the boys named Erik in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,690 boys in the US were given Erik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #151, up from #545 for this spelling alone.
Erik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 549 | #545 |
| 2024 | 645 | #476 |
| 2023 | 679 | #454 |
| 2022 | 716 | #432 |
| 2021 | 699 | #442 |
| 2020 | 708 | #422 |
| 2019 | 815 | #384 |
| 2018 | 855 | #376 |
| 2017 | 901 | #368 |
| 2016 | 948 | #355 |
| 2015 | 1,019 | #337 |
| 2014 | 1,037 | #329 |
| 2013 | 1,105 | #311 |
| 2012 | 1,223 | #289 |
| 2011 | 1,266 | #277 |
| 2010 | 1,337 | #256 |
| 2009 | 1,555 | #233 |
| 2008 | 1,795 | #213 |
| 2007 | 2,028 | #199 |
| 2006 | 2,131 | #189 |
| 2005 | 2,228 | #183 |
| 2004 | 2,365 | #172 |
| 2003 | 2,550 | #158 |
| 2002 | 2,460 | #156 |
| 2001 | 2,574 | #155 |
| 2000 | 2,722 | #143 |
| 1999 | 2,723 | #139 |
| 1998 | 2,676 | #140 |
| 1997 | 2,857 | #134 |
| 1996 | 3,020 | #122 |
| 1995 | 3,432 | #111 |
| 1994 | 3,746 | #99 |
| 1993 | 3,488 | #105 |
| 1992 | 3,815 | #98 |
| 1991 | 3,892 | #95 |
| 1990 | 3,956 | #96 |
| 1989 | 3,630 | #95 |
| 1988 | 3,478 | #92 |
| 1987 | 3,231 | #94 |
| 1986 | 3,110 | #92 |
| 1985 | 3,372 | #87 |
| 1984 | 3,422 | #84 |
| 1983 | 3,636 | #80 |
| 1982 | 3,632 | #80 |
| 1981 | 3,921 | #76 |
| 1980 | 4,918 | #64 |
| 1979 | 4,640 | #66 |
| 1978 | 3,261 | #85 |
| 1977 | 2,786 | #94 |
| 1976 | 2,754 | #94 |
| 1975 | 2,855 | #87 |
| 1974 | 2,881 | #90 |
| 1973 | 3,062 | #86 |
| 1972 | 3,398 | #86 |
| 1971 | 3,212 | #97 |
| 1970 | 3,245 | #101 |
| 1969 | 2,721 | #119 |
| 1968 | 2,368 | #125 |
| 1967 | 2,250 | #133 |
| 1966 | 1,965 | #145 |
| 1965 | 2,117 | #145 |
| 1964 | 1,167 | #221 |
| 1963 | 674 | #298 |
| 1962 | 516 | #343 |
| 1961 | 520 | #347 |
| 1960 | 472 | #360 |
| 1959 | 428 | #384 |
| 1958 | 340 | #426 |
| 1957 | 324 | #429 |
| 1956 | 253 | #475 |
| 1955 | 222 | #493 |
| 1954 | 220 | #486 |
| 1953 | 191 | #506 |
| 1952 | 187 | #509 |
| 1951 | 153 | #551 |
| 1950 | 132 | #591 |
| 1949 | 154 | #534 |
| 1948 | 93 | #690 |
| 1947 | 121 | #618 |
| 1946 | 95 | #663 |
| 1945 | 96 | #616 |
| 1944 | 65 | #774 |
| 1943 | 79 | #724 |
| 1942 | 57 | #867 |
| 1941 | 53 | #870 |
| 1940 | 44 | #967 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,587 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,390 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,405 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,821 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,628 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
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