Aric
Last seen for girls in 1978 at #9,750 · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 265 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,626since 1946
Aric over time
Rank among boys' names. Aric has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,249 | 24 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,321 | 24 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,566 | 32 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,533 | 32 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,242 | 36 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,136 | 36 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,808 | 44 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,546 | 50 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,270 | 58 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,167 | 63 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,212 | 61 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,256 | 59 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,225 | 58 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,003 | 70 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,017 | 67 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,778 | 83 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,797 | 83 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,516 | 107 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,669 | 91 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,339 | 122 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,343 | 112 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,335 | 110 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,305 | 107 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,160 | 122 | |
| 2001 | — | #997 | 153 | |
| 2000 | — | #983 | 151 | |
| 1999 | — | #988 | 143 | |
| 1998 | — | #837 | 175 | |
| 1997 | — | #843 | 169 | |
| 1996 | — | #821 | 175 | |
| 1995 | — | #772 | 193 | |
| 1994 | — | #792 | 178 | |
| 1993 | — | #761 | 189 | |
| 1992 | — | #720 | 205 | |
| 1991 | — | #725 | 195 | |
| 1990 | — | #697 | 213 | |
| 1989 | — | #748 | 175 | |
| 1988 | — | #731 | 167 | |
| 1987 | — | #785 | 138 | |
| 1986 | — | #789 | 132 | |
| 1985 | — | #768 | 133 | |
| 1984 | — | #735 | 140 | |
| 1983 | — | #895 | 96 | |
| 1982 | — | #871 | 104 | |
| 1981 | — | #741 | 138 | |
| 1980 | — | #671 | 166 | |
| 1979 | — | #622 | 190 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #581 | 210 |
| 1977 | — | #502 | 265 | |
| 1976 | — | #550 | 215 | |
| 1975 | — | #557 | 210 | |
| 1974 | — | #615 | 171 | |
| 1973 | — | #580 | 187 | |
| 1972 | — | #651 | 151 | |
| 1971 | — | #542 | 219 | |
| 1970 | — | #678 | 147 | |
| 1969 | — | #797 | 94 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,250 | 37 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,117 | 44 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,073 | 47 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,043 | 50 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,545 | 26 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,695 | 22 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,876 | 19 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,709 | 22 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,953 | 17 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,497 | 11 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
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| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
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| 1949 | — | #2,225 | 12 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
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| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Aric! It came in at #2,919, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Aric is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#261 · 1 in 3,227
- Minnesota#367 · 1 in 6,326
- Indiana#404 · 1 in 5,383
- Washington#475 · 1 in 6,302
- Arizona#480 · 1 in 5,290
Best ever in a state: #144 in North Dakota, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Iowa | #261 | 6 | 1 in 3,227 |
| Minnesota | #367 | 5 | 1 in 6,326 |
| Indiana | #404 | 7 | 1 in 5,383 |
| Washington | #475 | 5 | 1 in 6,302 |
| Arizona | #480 | 5 | 1 in 5,290 |
| Michigan | #506 | 8 | 1 in 8,142 |
| Illinois | #706 | 7 | 1 in 11,752 |
| New York | #734 | 11 | 1 in 11,004 |
| California | #867 | 14 | 1 in 15,956 |
| Texas | #1,305 | 5 | 1 in 29,434 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Aric
- 72 spots since 2024 (#4,321 → #4,249)
- 1,113 spots since 2020 (#3,136 → #4,249)
- 2,037 spots since 2015 (#2,212 → #4,249)
- Biggest jump: 453 spots in 1969 (#1,250 → #797)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 2002 (#997 → #1,160)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1977 at #502 (265 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1969–2001
- Highest: 1 in 6,201 boys born in 1977 were named Aric (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 25.8% of all boys named Aric (1,965) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 27 | #2,225 (1949) | #2,644 |
| 1950s | 79 | #1,709 (1959) | #2,741 |
| 1960s | 376 | #797 (1969) | #1,460 |
| 1970s | 1,965 | #502 (1977) | #588 |
| 1980s | 1,389 | #671 (1980) | #773 |
| 1990s | 1,835 | #697 (1990) | #796 |
| 2000s | 1,158 | #983 (2000) | #1,344 |
| 2010s | 613 | #1,778 (2010) | #2,228 |
| 2020s | 184 | #3,136 (2020) | #3,675 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Aric in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 13,896 of them was named Aric, which outranked 89.9% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).