Aric Boy
How popular is Aric?
#4,248 boy name in 2025
24 baby boys were named Aric in the US in 2025, making it the 4248th most popular boy name.
Aric popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,248 for boys (▲ 70 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 24 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-61% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,212 in 2015, #3,135 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1977 (265 boys) |
| Highest rank | #502 in 1977 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aric counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Arik family of names ranked #1,653 for boys in 2025 (#1,532 the year before), with 79 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Arik | 35 | 44% |
| Aric | 24 | 30% |
| Aaric | 9 | 11% |
| Aarik | 6 | 8% |
| Airik | 5 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Aric is most popular
Babies named Aric per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Aric by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 27 | #2,224 |
| 1950s | 79 | #1,708 |
| 1960s | 376 | #797 |
| 1970s | 1,965 | #502 |
| 1980s | 1,389 | #671 |
| 1990s | 1,835 | #695 |
| 2000s | 1,158 | #981 |
| 2010s | 613 | #1,777 |
| 2020s | 184 | #3,135 |
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Questions
- Is Aric a boy or girl name?
- Aric is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aric were boys.
- How popular is the name Aric?
- 24 baby boys were named Aric in the US in 2025, making it the 4248th most popular boy name.
- When was Aric most popular?
- Aric peaked in 1977, when 265 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #502 in 1977.
- How many people are named Aric?
- 7,631 babies have been named Aric in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,207 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 36.
- Where is Aric most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aric was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.