# Edric (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/edric/  
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 | “wealth”, “riches”, “king”, “ruler” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Edrick, Ederic |
| US babies named this | 1,732 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,732 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 90, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English Ēadrīc, from Proto-West Germanic *Audarīk, from Proto-Germanic *Audarīks, from *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”).

## What it means

Edric is grouped under king and rich.

## 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 | 39 | 2,960 |
| 2012 | 22 | 4,431 |
| 2013 | 39 | 2,905 |
| 2014 | 33 | 3,321 |
| 2015 | 39 | 2,986 |
| 2016 | 42 | 2,850 |
| 2017 | 49 | 2,574 |
| 2018 | 137 | 1,325 |
| 2019 | 79 | 1,890 |
| 2020 | 58 | 2,329 |
| 2021 | 42 | 2,930 |
| 2022 | 66 | 2,197 |
| 2023 | 56 | 2,420 |
| 2024 | 71 | 2,103 |
| 2025 | 36 | 3,263 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## 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.