Eryk
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ERR-ik
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Eryk is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “eternal ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Eryk mean?
Old Norse: Polish form of Eric
“eternal ruler”
Polish form of Eric, from Old Norse Eiríkr.
Is Eryk a girl's or a boy's name?
Eryk is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eryk in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Eryk, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 896th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 60 boys.
Half of all the boys named Eryk in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 459 boys in the UK were given Eryk or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #138, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Eryk in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,200 |
| 2020 | 36 | #896 |
| 2019 | 44 | #788 |
| 2018 | 51 | #741 |
| 2017 | 57 | #687 |
| 2016 | 45 | #799 |
| 2015 | 60 | #652 |
| 2014 | 41 | #830 |
| 2013 | 52 | #708 |
| 2012 | 56 | #678 |
| 2011 | 35 | #906 |
| 2010 | 42 | #786 |
| 2009 | 53 | #664 |
| 2008 | 43 | #751 |
| 2007 | 35 | #843 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,065 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
How popular is Eryk in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Eryk, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had fewer boys named Eryk than any year since 1986.
Half of all the boys named Eryk in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,690 boys in the US were given Eryk or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #151, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Eryk in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 50 | #2,504 |
| 2006 | 44 | #2,658 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 40 | #2,466 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,046 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,123 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
Names like Eryk
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Noah Logan Ethan Caleb Elijah Eli Riley Enzo Hunter Mason Lucas
Other spellings of Eryk
Names related to Eryk
More Old Norse names
Freya Ronnie Ralph Astrid Colby Rafe Odin Ralphie Freyja Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica Raife Ivar Gunnar
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, “Eryk: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eryk, updated 20 October 2026.