Meaning not yet researched.
Erick: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 879 in 2025. Its best rank was #166 in 2007.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #166 in 2007; #366 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Erick in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#366 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2007, at #166.
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Erick: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 879 boys in 2025. Peak: #166 in 2007 · most boys in one year: 2,432 (2007).
In 2025, 879 US boys were named Erick, making it the 366th most common boys’ name of the year, down 33 places from #333 in 2024. That is 161 fewer than the 1,040 boys named Erick in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #166, reached in 2007. That year also had the most boys given the name: 2,432. For comparison, it was #265 in 2015 and #791 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Erick in 126 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1883 with 5 babies. In all, 79,880 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 21,507 babies named Erick.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 11,809 US boys were named Erick; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,602. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,943 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Erick ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #221 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Eric (893,184 babies since 1880), Erik (158,126 babies since 1880), Eriq (742 babies since 1880) and Erich (11,706 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Eric, Rick and Ricky.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 17 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 43 | #221 | #240 |
| Texas | 158 | #248 | #150 |
| California | 149 | #253 | #165 |
| New Mexico | 7 | #280 | #244 |
| Florida | 64 | #304 | #276 |
| Illinois | 35 | #306 | #260 |
| New York | 59 | #311 | #202 |
| Colorado | 21 | #312 | #270 |
| Arizona | 25 | #315 | #236 |
| Nevada | 9 | #332 | #251 |
| Virginia | 25 | #334 | #327 |
| Tennessee | 23 | #363 | #531 |
| Massachusetts | 14 | #365 | #293 |
| Georgia | 29 | #396 | #353 |
| Maryland | 13 | #396 | #288 |
| Oregon | 9 | #415 | #432 |
| South Carolina | 12 | #417 | #418 |
| Minnesota | 13 | #430 | #409 |
| North Carolina | 24 | #450 | #371 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #452 | #528 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #458 | #362 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #458 | #316 |
| Kentucky | 10 | #463 | #438 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | #477 | #295 |
| Kansas | 7 | #481 | #429 |
| Indiana | 12 | #557 | #439 |
| Utah | 7 | #577 | #385 |
| Missouri | 9 | #606 | #534 |
| Michigan | 13 | #610 | #487 |
| Alabama | 7 | #640 | #496 |
| Washington | 10 | #654 | #326 |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | #806 | #404 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #817 | #512 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,150 | #541 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 879 | #366 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,040 | #333 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,107 | #302 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,050 | #321 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,041 | #318 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,126 | #298 |
| 2019 | — | — | 1,284 | #277 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,247 | #282 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,621 | 1,433 | #256 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,602 | #239 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,372 | #265 |
| 2014 | — | — | 1,444 | #258 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,360 | #260 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,520 | #236 |
| 2011 | 6 | #15,429 | 1,546 | #232 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,862 | #200 |
| 2009 | — | — | 2,004 | #191 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,972 | 2,220 | #179 |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,502 | 2,432 | #166 |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,009 | 2,346 | #174 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,448 | 2,245 | #181 |
| 2004 | — | — | 2,232 | #180 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,321 | 2,094 | #186 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,639 | 2,052 | #182 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,875 | 1,921 | #192 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,293 | 1,884 | #190 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,403 | 1,742 | #193 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,530 | 1,577 | #206 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,939 | 1,617 | #197 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,601 | 1,705 | #188 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,869 | 1,609 | #191 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,427 | 1,679 | #185 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,756 | 1,502 | #203 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,337 | 1,373 | #222 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,862 | 1,508 | #207 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,417 | 1,370 | #223 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,121 | 1,071 | #245 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,902 | 929 | #253 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,040 | 917 | #250 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,293 | 840 | #262 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,768 | 825 | #263 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,971 | 880 | #249 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,377 | 863 | #247 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,565 | 874 | #252 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,612 | 874 | #250 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,626 | 928 | #240 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,857 | 902 | #244 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,076 | 784 | #259 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,768 | 644 | #301 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,717 | 714 | #272 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,387 | 629 | #301 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,893 | 685 | #274 |
| 1973 | — | — | 669 | #274 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,114 | 748 | #263 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,553 | 766 | #276 |
| 1970 | — | — | 626 | #313 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,812 | 530 | #340 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,334 | 469 | #358 |
| 1967 | — | — | 460 | #347 |
| 1966 | — | — | 396 | #380 |
| 1965 | — | — | 456 | #356 |
| 1964 | — | — | 290 | #465 |
| 1963 | — | — | 196 | #565 |
| 1962 | — | — | 195 | #564 |
| 1961 | — | — | 139 | #664 |
| 1960 | — | — | 164 | #612 |
| 1959 | — | — | 152 | #627 |
| 1958 | — | — | 146 | #636 |
| 1957 | — | — | 120 | #695 |
| 1956 | — | — | 94 | #757 |
| 1955 | — | — | 63 | #945 |
| 1954 | — | — | 65 | #924 |
| 1953 | — | — | 61 | #921 |
| 1952 | — | — | 87 | #759 |
| 1951 | — | — | 76 | #806 |
| 1950 | — | — | 74 | #791 |
| 1949 | — | — | 92 | #718 |
| 1948 | — | — | 71 | #804 |
| 1947 | — | — | 72 | #815 |
| 1946 | — | — | 59 | #856 |
| 1945 | — | — | 52 | #865 |
| 1944 | — | — | 29 | #1,242 |
| 1943 | — | — | 28 | #1,320 |
| 1942 | — | — | 25 | #1,395 |
| 1941 | — | — | 22 | #1,463 |
| 1940 | — | — | 22 | #1,446 |
| 1939 | — | — | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1938 | — | — | 11 | #2,232 |
| 1937 | — | — | 23 | #1,420 |
| 1936 | — | — | 14 | #1,906 |
| 1935 | — | — | 17 | #1,727 |
| 1934 | — | — | 13 | #2,053 |
| 1933 | — | — | 12 | #2,130 |
| 1932 | — | — | 18 | #1,739 |
| 1931 | — | — | 10 | #2,534 |
| 1930 | — | — | 15 | #1,998 |
| 1929 | — | — | 18 | #1,815 |
| 1928 | — | — | 16 | #1,993 |
| 1927 | — | — | 16 | #2,068 |
| 1926 | — | — | 17 | #1,929 |
| 1925 | — | — | 14 | #2,231 |
| 1924 | — | — | 29 | #1,389 |
| 1923 | — | — | 25 | #1,518 |
| 1922 | — | — | 27 | #1,443 |
| 1921 | — | — | 14 | #2,287 |
| 1920 | — | — | 18 | #1,907 |
| 1919 | — | — | 20 | #1,716 |
| 1918 | — | — | 17 | #1,930 |
| 1917 | — | — | 15 | #2,020 |
| 1916 | — | — | 21 | #1,564 |
| 1915 | — | — | 26 | #1,318 |
| 1914 | — | — | 21 | #1,308 |
| 1913 | — | — | 12 | #1,608 |
| 1912 | — | — | 8 | #1,935 |
| 1909 | — | — | 10 | #969 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #885 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #982 |
| 1896 | — | — | 10 | #742 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,133 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #1,000 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,016 |
| 1890 | — | — | 10 | #641 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #740 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,014 |
| 1885 | — | — | 7 | #789 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #943 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).