# Erick (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/erick/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Eric, Erik, Eriq, Erique |
| US babies named this | 79,880 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 79,463 / 417 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 353, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 8 | 9,869 |
| 1996 | 17 | 5,601 |
| 1997 | 11 | 7,939 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9,530 |
| 1999 | 11 | 8,403 |
| 2000 | 17 | 6,293 |
| 2001 | 13 | 7,875 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12,639 |
| 2003 | 15 | 7,321 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,448 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,009 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,502 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12,972 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,429 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,621 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,546 | 232 |
| 2012 | 1,520 | 236 |
| 2013 | 1,360 | 260 |
| 2014 | 1,444 | 258 |
| 2015 | 1,372 | 265 |
| 2016 | 1,602 | 239 |
| 2017 | 1,433 | 256 |
| 2018 | 1,247 | 282 |
| 2019 | 1,284 | 277 |
| 2020 | 1,126 | 298 |
| 2021 | 1,041 | 318 |
| 2022 | 1,050 | 321 |
| 2023 | 1,107 | 302 |
| 2024 | 1,040 | 333 |
| 2025 | 879 | 366 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,319 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,097 |
| 2018 | 35 | 870 |
| 2019 | 29 | 974 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,085 |
| 2021 | 35 | 871 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,058 |
| 2023 | 30 | 987 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,093 |

## People named Erick

- Erick Pulgar, Chilean association football player
- Erick Mombaerts, French football manager
- Erick Zonca, French film director
- Erick Morillo, American DJ and producer (1971–2020)
- Erick Green, American basketball player (born 1992)
- Erick Sermon, American rapper and record producer (born 1968)
- Erick Lonnis, Costa Rican footballer
- Erick Dampier, American basketball player (born 1975)
- Erick Lindgren, American poker player
- Erick Walder, American long jumper
- Erick Barkley, American professional basketball player and coach
- Erick Scott, Costa Rican footballer

## 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.