NameTides

Erik

Erik was the #545 boys' name in the US in 2025 (549 babies), and #408 in England & Wales and #713 in Canada.

Erik as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Erik as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSIrelandCanadaScotland
Erik as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#545 (549)#408 (99)#647 (4)—#468 (7)#713 (38)
2024#476 (645)#418 (96)#404 (8)#404 (3)#240 (18)#586 (46)
2023#454 (679)#338 (126)#321 (11)#348 (4)#362 (10)#545 (50)
2022#432 (716)#353 (120)#425 (7)#311 (5)#329 (13)#632 (42)
2021#442 (699)#310 (151)#533 (5)#326 (5)#326 (13)#508 (57)
2020#422 (708)#346 (130)#426 (7)—#280 (16)#435 (66)
2019#384 (815)#329 (139)#225 (20)—#466 (7)#428 (68)
2018#376 (855)#322 (147)#472 (6)—#350 (11)#419 (71)
2017#368 (901)#362 (129)#281 (15)#318 (5)#272 (17)#424 (69)
2016#355 (948)#353 (132)#331 (11)—#313 (14)#326 (105)
2015#337 (1,019)#406 (103)#588 (4)#342 (4)#308 (14)#347 (90)
2014#329 (1,037)#367 (112)#439 (7)—#286 (16)#349 (91)
2013#311 (1,105)#524 (70)——#252 (21)#282 (115)
2012#289 (1,223)#559 (65)——#300 (15)#289 (111)
2011#277 (1,266)#602 (57)#491 (5)—#272 (18)#285 (110)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1980 at #64.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1911.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Erik is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,800 to 1 in 3,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Erik by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #474WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #373MNIllinois: #711ILMichigan: #768MINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #398ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #512INOhio: #555OHPennsylvania: #704PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #368CAUtah: #302UTColorado: #346CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #468KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #520TNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: #385SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #380TXFlorida: #681FL
Erik (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#67617

Erik (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ErikCanadaBoys#71338
ErikEngland & WalesBoys#40899
ErikIrelandBoys#4687
ErikNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ErikScotlandBoys#6474
ErikUSGirls—too few
ErikUSBoys#545549