Erik
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #13,832 · #545 for boys in 2025, 549 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 4,918 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 23 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 157,461since 1911
Erik over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #545 | 549 | |
| 2024 | — | #476 | 645 | |
| 2023 | — | #454 | 679 | |
| 2022 | — | #432 | 716 | |
| 2021 | — | #442 | 699 | |
| 2020 | — | #422 | 708 | |
| 2019 | — | #384 | 815 | |
| 2018 | — | #376 | 855 | |
| 2017 | — | #368 | 901 | |
| 2016 | — | #355 | 948 | |
| 2015 | — | #337 | 1,019 | |
| 2014 | — | #329 | 1,037 | |
| 2013 | — | #311 | 1,105 | |
| 2012 | — | #289 | 1,223 | |
| 2011 | — | #277 | 1,266 | |
| 2010 | — | #256 | 1,337 | |
| 2009 | — | #233 | 1,555 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #213 | 1,795 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #199 | 2,028 |
| 2006 | — | #189 | 2,131 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #183 | 2,228 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #172 | 2,365 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #158 | 2,550 |
| 2002 | — | #156 | 2,460 | |
| 2001 | — | #155 | 2,574 | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #143 | 2,722 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #139 | 2,723 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #140 | 2,676 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #134 | 2,857 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #122 | 3,020 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #111 | 3,432 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | #99 | 3,746 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #105 | 3,488 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | #98 | 3,815 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #95 | 3,892 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #96 | 3,956 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | #95 | 3,630 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | #92 | 3,478 |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 | #94 | 3,231 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | #92 | 3,110 |
| 1985 | #3,328 | 26 | #87 | 3,372 |
| 1984 | #3,069 | 28 | #84 | 3,422 |
| 1983 | #2,910 | 29 | #80 | 3,636 |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 | #80 | 3,632 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | #76 | 3,921 |
| 1980 | #2,342 | 41 | #64 | 4,918 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | #66 | 4,640 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | #85 | 3,261 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | #94 | 2,786 |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 | #94 | 2,754 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | #87 | 2,855 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 | #90 | 2,881 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | #86 | 3,062 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #86 | 3,398 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #97 | 3,212 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | #101 | 3,245 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | #119 | 2,721 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | #125 | 2,368 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #133 | 2,250 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #145 | 1,965 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | #145 | 2,117 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #221 | 1,167 |
| 1963 | — | #298 | 674 | |
| 1962 | — | #343 | 516 | |
| 1961 | — | #347 | 520 | |
| 1960 | — | #360 | 472 | |
| 1959 | — | #384 | 428 | |
| 1958 | — | #426 | 340 | |
| 1957 | — | #430 | 324 | |
| 1956 | — | #476 | 253 | |
| 1955 | — | #494 | 222 | |
| 1954 | — | #487 | 220 | |
| 1953 | — | #507 | 191 | |
| 1952 | — | #510 | 187 | |
| 1951 | — | #552 | 153 | |
| 1950 | — | #592 | 132 | |
| 1949 | — | #535 | 154 | |
| 1948 | — | #691 | 93 | |
| 1947 | — | #618 | 121 | |
| 1946 | — | #663 | 95 | |
| 1945 | — | #616 | 96 | |
| 1944 | — | #774 | 65 | |
| 1943 | — | #724 | 79 | |
| 1942 | — | #867 | 57 | |
| 1941 | — | #870 | 53 | |
| 1940 | — | #967 | 44 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,149 | 32 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,390 | 24 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,386 | 24 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,405 | 23 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,731 | 19 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,981 | 16 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,628 | 23 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,123 | 15 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,632 | 11 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
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| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Erik! It came in at #1,740, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1911–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Erik is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alaska#50 · 1 in 212
- Washington#51 · 1 in 232
- Vermont#51 · 1 in 253
- Connecticut#51 · 1 in 282
- New Hampshire#53 · 1 in 220
Best ever in a state: #44 in Rhode Island, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #50 | 15 | 1 in 212 |
| Connecticut | #51 | 73 | 1 in 282 |
| Vermont | #51 | 13 | 1 in 253 |
| Washington | #51 | 109 | 1 in 232 |
| Massachusetts | #53 | 134 | 1 in 318 |
| Minnesota | #53 | 131 | 1 in 227 |
| New Hampshire | #53 | 26 | 1 in 220 |
| California | #56 | 552 | 1 in 293 |
| District of Columbia | #59 | 39 | 1 in 277 |
| New Jersey | #60 | 139 | 1 in 371 |
| Delaware | #65 | 12 | 1 in 354 |
| New York | #65 | 344 | 1 in 398 |
| Wisconsin | #68 | 91 | 1 in 373 |
| Oregon | #70 | 50 | 1 in 313 |
| Colorado | #74 | 53 | 1 in 359 |
| Maryland | #74 | 60 | 1 in 441 |
| Michigan | #74 | 184 | 1 in 416 |
| Rhode Island | #74 | 15 | 1 in 449 |
| Pennsylvania | #79 | 172 | 1 in 514 |
| Illinois | #81 | 198 | 1 in 460 |
| Maine | #82 | 18 | 1 in 446 |
| Idaho | #83 | 16 | 1 in 368 |
| North Dakota | #84 | 13 | 1 in 371 |
| Wyoming | #87 | 7 | 1 in 333 |
| Nebraska | #88 | 25 | 1 in 459 |
| Montana | #90 | 14 | 1 in 368 |
| Utah | #90 | 30 | 1 in 417 |
| Nevada | #97 | 9 | 1 in 415 |
| South Dakota | #104 | 10 | 1 in 486 |
| Hawaii | #116 | 13 | 1 in 479 |
| Florida | #117 | 91 | 1 in 591 |
| Ohio | #120 | 113 | 1 in 816 |
| Indiana | #124 | 59 | 1 in 777 |
| Arizona | #138 | 26 | 1 in 671 |
| Kansas | #148 | 18 | 1 in 877 |
| Virginia | #149 | 43 | 1 in 853 |
| Iowa | #164 | 17 | 1 in 1,265 |
| New Mexico | #181 | 11 | 1 in 875 |
| Missouri | #192 | 28 | 1 in 1,366 |
| Kentucky | #197 | 19 | 1 in 1,534 |
| West Virginia | #234 | 6 | 1 in 2,407 |
| Arkansas | #236 | 10 | 1 in 1,594 |
| Texas | #237 | 87 | 1 in 1,311 |
| Oklahoma | #245 | 11 | 1 in 1,839 |
| North Carolina | #257 | 22 | 1 in 2,023 |
| Alabama | #260 | 15 | 1 in 2,011 |
| Georgia | #268 | 23 | 1 in 1,906 |
| Tennessee | #275 | 14 | 1 in 2,470 |
| Louisiana | #294 | 17 | 1 in 1,946 |
| South Carolina | #318 | 9 | 1 in 2,600 |
| Mississippi | #321 | 8 | 1 in 2,665 |
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 Erik
- 69 spots since 2024 (#476 → #545)
- 123 spots since 2020 (#422 → #545)
- 208 spots since 2015 (#337 → #545)
- Biggest jump: 158 spots in 1945 (#774 → #616)
- Biggest drop: 73 spots in 1948 (#618 → #691)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1980 at #64 (4,918 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1971–1992
- Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1940–2025
- Highest: 1 in 363 boys born in 1980 were named Erik (0.28%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,111 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 23.1% of all boys named Erik (36,350) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 52 | #1,740 (1911) | #2,477 |
| 1920s | 141 | #1,628 (1924) | #2,332 |
| 1930s | 232 | #1,015 (1939) | #1,492 |
| 1940s | 857 | #535 (1949) | #733 |
| 1950s | 2,450 | #384 (1959) | #486 |
| 1960s | 14,770 | #119 (1969) | #224 |
| 1970s | 32,094 | #66 (1979) | #89 |
| 1980s | 36,350 | #64 (1980) | #84 |
| 1990s | 33,605 | #95 (1991) | #114 |
| 2000s | 22,408 | #143 (2000) | #180 |
| 2010s | 10,506 | #256 (2010) | #328 |
| 2020s | 3,996 | #422 (2020) | #462 |
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.
Erik in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 151,257 of them was named Erik, which outranked 50.1% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,534Yoko12
- #4,534Yvonda12
- #4,534Zenda12
- #4,810Erik11
- #4,810Adonna11
- #4,810Adrina11
- #4,810Alease11
- #5,136Afrika10
- #5,136Alandra10
- #5,136Aleasha10
Tied with 325 names at #4,810; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 551 of them was named Erik, which outranked 98.3% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.