Erick Boy
How popular is Erick?
#366 boy name in 2025
879 baby boys were named Erick in the US in 2025, making it the 366th most popular boy name.
Erick popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #366 for boys (▼ 34 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 879 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-36% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #265 in 2015, #298 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (2,432 boys) |
| Highest rank | #166 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 1883 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Erick counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eric family of names ranked #146 for boys in 2025 (#122 the year before), with 2,690 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Erick is most popular
Babies named Erick per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 1.1 per 1,000 (136 boys)
- Texas: 1.1 per 1,000 (995 boys)
- New Jersey: 1.0 per 1,000 (208 boys)
- New Mexico: 0.9 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- California: 0.9 per 1,000 (855 boys)
Erick by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | #722 |
| 1890s | 49 | #629 |
| 1900s | 10 | #951 |
| 1910s | 140 | #1,300 |
| 1920s | 194 | #1,380 |
| 1930s | 147 | #1,403 |
| 1940s | 472 | #716 |
| 1950s | 938 | #626 |
| 1960s | 3,295 | #340 |
| 1970s | 7,167 | #244 |
| 1980s | 9,001 | #240 |
| 1990s | 15,682 | #185 |
| 2000s | 21,430 | #166 |
| 2010s | 14,670 | #200 |
| 2020s | 6,243 | #298 |
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Questions
- Is Erick a boy or girl name?
- Erick is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Erick were boys.
- How popular is the name Erick?
- 879 baby boys were named Erick in the US in 2025, making it the 366th most popular boy name.
- When was Erick most popular?
- Erick peaked in 2007, when 2,432 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #166 in 2007.
- How many people are named Erick?
- 79,880 babies have been named Erick in the US since 1880. We estimate about 76,248 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Erick most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Erick was most common in Maryland, at 1.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.