Erik Boy
How popular is Erik?
#545 boy name in 2025
549 baby boys were named Erik in the US in 2025, making it the 545th most popular boy name.
Erik popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #545 for boys (▼ 69 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 549 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-46% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #337 in 2015, #422 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1980 (4,918 boys) |
| Highest rank | #64 in 1980 |
| First recorded | 1911 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Erik counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eric family of names ranked #146 for boys in 2025 (#122 the year before), with 2,690 babies in all.
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 Erik is most popular
Babies named Erik per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Colorado: 0.8 per 1,000 (98 boys)
- Oregon: 0.7 per 1,000 (51 boys)
- Nevada: 0.7 per 1,000 (38 boys)
- Texas: 0.6 per 1,000 (570 boys)
- Washington: 0.6 per 1,000 (100 boys)
Erik by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 52 | #1,739 |
| 1920s | 141 | #1,628 |
| 1930s | 232 | #1,015 |
| 1940s | 857 | #534 |
| 1950s | 2,450 | #384 |
| 1960s | 14,770 | #119 |
| 1970s | 32,094 | #66 |
| 1980s | 36,350 | #64 |
| 1990s | 33,605 | #95 |
| 2000s | 22,408 | #143 |
| 2010s | 10,506 | #256 |
| 2020s | 3,996 | #422 |
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Questions
- Is Erik a boy or girl name?
- Erik is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Erik were boys.
- How popular is the name Erik?
- 549 baby boys were named Erik in the US in 2025, making it the 545th most popular boy name.
- When was Erik most popular?
- Erik peaked in 1980, when 4,918 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #64 in 1980.
- How many people are named Erik?
- 158,126 babies have been named Erik in the US since 1880. We estimate about 147,896 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Erik most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Erik was most common in Colorado, at 0.8 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.