Erick

Where Erick comes from

The dictionaries list Erick as a given name — a male given name from the Germanic languages, a rare spelling variant of Eric that can also be explained as a form of Frederick — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Germanic
Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #892 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1952
    Erick Avari born
    Indian actor
  3. 1995
    Erick Gutiérrez born
    Mexican association football player
  4. 2007
    Peak, #166
    2,432 babies named Erick — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #298.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, a rare spelling variant of Eric that can also be explained as a form of Frederick.
Namesakes
  • Erick Gutiérrez · Mexican association football player, born 1995
  • Erick Avari · Indian actor, born 1952
  • Erick Pulgar · Chilean association football player, born 1994
  • Erick Thohir · Indonesian businessman and politician, born 1970
  • Erick Barrondo · Guatemalan racewalker, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.