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Erik
Rank in 2024
#476
Born in 2024
644
Peak year
1980 · #64
Origin
Old Norse
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 644 boys were named Erik, about 1 in every 2,664.
- It peaked in 1980 with 4,914 babies, ranked #64.
- It first shows up in the records in 1911.
- 156,900 boys have been named Erik since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Erik per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 1.8Gen X1965–80
- 1.9Millennials1981–96
- 1.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 166 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 653 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 6,257 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen X: 48,433 babies, 1.78 per 1,000. Millennials: 56,780 babies, 1.87 per 1,000. Gen Z: 34,488 babies, 1.10 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10,123 babies, 0.47 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A spelling variant of Eric, or directly borrowed from modern Swedish Erik.
- A male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eric.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Erik, CC BY-SA 4.0.