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Eric

Pronounced /ˈɛɹɪk/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1988 · #997
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for boys:1,402 in 2024 (#252)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Eric in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1988 with 165 babies, ranked #997.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1942.
  • 4,293 girls have been named Eric since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Eric per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 7 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 374 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,943 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,708 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 236 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 25 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Middle English Eric, from Old English Eoric, from Old Norse Eirríkr, Eiríkr (from ei (“always, eternal”, see aye) +‎ ríkr (“ruler”)), or from Proto-Germanic *Aizarīkijaz (from *aizō (“honor”) +‎ *rīkijaz (“ruler”)). Less likely from einn (“sole, alone”) +‎ ríkr (“ruler”), from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king”, cognate to Latin rēx and Gaulish *rīx). The name was in use in Anglo-Saxon Britain, reinforced by Scandinavian settlers before the Norman Conquest. Compare Danish Erik, German Erich. Possible doublet of Euric.

  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/ˈɛɹɪk/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Eric, CC BY-SA 4.0.