Yerik
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YEH-rik
- US rank, 2025
- #3,180 for boys
Yerik is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
Where does Yerik come from?
Of uncertain origin; perhaps a spelling of Erik
Is Yerik a girl's or a boy's name?
Yerik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yerik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Yerik, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,463rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 128 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Yerik in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 64 boys in the US were given Yerik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,912, up from #3,180 for this spelling alone.
- Yerik 37
- Yerick 27
Yerik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 88 | #1,817 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,093 |
| 2021 | 108 | #1,591 |
| 2020 | 117 | #1,463 |
| 2019 | 111 | #1,523 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,802 |
| 2012 | 107 | #1,498 |
| 2011 | 128 | #1,327 |
| 2010 | 88 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 70 | #1,989 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,219 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
Names like Yerik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Tru Yitzchok Kaizen Kenzo Yug Chozen Yuri Yakov Yusuf Kasai Henrik
Other spellings of Yerik
Names related to Yerik
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, “Yerik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yerik, updated 20 October 2026.