# Alaric (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alaric/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “all”, “ruler” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,961 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,961 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 159, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all”) + 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “ruler”), from Proto-Germanic *Alarīks.

## What it means

Alaric is grouped under king.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 2,478 |
| 2012 | 88 | 1,711 |
| 2013 | 117 | 1,420 |
| 2014 | 153 | 1,201 |
| 2015 | 183 | 1,077 |
| 2016 | 180 | 1,090 |
| 2017 | 203 | 996 |
| 2018 | 214 | 971 |
| 2019 | 251 | 875 |
| 2020 | 279 | 822 |
| 2021 | 274 | 855 |
| 2022 | 253 | 913 |
| 2023 | 201 | 1,073 |
| 2024 | 193 | 1,108 |
| 2025 | 205 | 1,063 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Alaric
- Estonian: Alar
- Finnish: Alarik
- German: Alarich
- Swedish: Alrik

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.