# Erik (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/erik/  
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 | Norse |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Eric, Erick, Eriq, Erique |
| US babies named this | 158,126 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 157,461 / 665 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,129, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A spelling variant of Eric, or directly borrowed from modern Swedish Erik.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 13 | 6,721 |
| 1992 | 16 | 5,809 |
| 1993 | 14 | 6,372 |
| 1994 | 24 | 4,280 |
| 1995 | 11 | 7,679 |
| 1996 | 9 | 9,033 |
| 1997 | 5 | 14,447 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,511 |
| 1999 | 6 | 13,202 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9,385 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,556 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11,966 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17,301 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,112 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,306 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,266 | 277 |
| 2012 | 1,223 | 289 |
| 2013 | 1,105 | 311 |
| 2014 | 1,037 | 329 |
| 2015 | 1,019 | 337 |
| 2016 | 948 | 355 |
| 2017 | 901 | 368 |
| 2018 | 855 | 377 |
| 2019 | 815 | 384 |
| 2020 | 708 | 422 |
| 2021 | 699 | 442 |
| 2022 | 716 | 432 |
| 2023 | 679 | 454 |
| 2024 | 645 | 476 |
| 2025 | 549 | 546 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 57 | 602 |
| 2012 | 65 | 559 |
| 2013 | 70 | 524 |
| 2014 | 112 | 367 |
| 2015 | 103 | 406 |
| 2016 | 132 | 353 |
| 2017 | 129 | 362 |
| 2018 | 147 | 322 |
| 2019 | 139 | 329 |
| 2020 | 130 | 346 |
| 2021 | 151 | 310 |
| 2022 | 120 | 353 |
| 2023 | 126 | 338 |
| 2024 | 96 | 418 |
| 2025 | 99 | 408 |

## People named Erik

- Erik Satie, French composer and pianist (1866-1925)
- Erik Erikson, American German-born psychoanalyst & essayist
- Erik the Red, explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
- Erik Lamela, Argentine association football player
- Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)
- Erik ten Hag, Dutch football manager
- Erik Durm, German association football player
- Erik Bruhn, Danish ballet dancer (1928-1986)
- Erik Mongrain, Canadian composer and guitarist
- Erik Pieters, Dutch association football player
- Erik Pontoppidan, Danish author, bishop, historian and antiquary (1698–1764)
- Erik Zabel, German cyclist

## 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.