# Arik (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arik/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,613 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,613 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 32, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transcription of a modern Hebrew diminutive of the Hebrew equivalent of Ariel.

## 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 | 53 | 2,377 |
| 2012 | 57 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 44 | 2,670 |
| 2014 | 57 | 2,300 |
| 2015 | 62 | 2,191 |
| 2016 | 67 | 2,087 |
| 2017 | 48 | 2,599 |
| 2018 | 43 | 2,801 |
| 2019 | 47 | 2,699 |
| 2020 | 46 | 2,691 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,125 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,415 |
| 2023 | 45 | 2,809 |
| 2024 | 36 | 3,274 |
| 2025 | 35 | 3,316 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Arik

- Arik Marshall, American musician
- Arik Brauer, Austrian painter, graphic artist, stage designer, singer and poet (1929–2021)
- Arik Ascherman, American rabbi
- Arik Armstead, American football player (born 1993)
- Arik Braun, German chess player

## 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.