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Erick

boy name
Origin
Scandinavian
Syllables
2
Peak era
2000s/2010s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

variant of Eric, traditionally "eternal ruler"

The story

Erick is Eric wearing the K that Latin America writes it with: like Niko two batches back, this is a respelling older and more authentic than American eyes assume, the standard form across Mexico and Central America for a Norse name whose traditional reading is eternal ruler. The record shows the Hispanic staircase clearly: about 940 in the 1950s, then 3,300, 7,200, 9,100, 15,800, cresting at 21,500 in the 2000s, and settling through 14,700 to 6,200 so far this decade, every one of them a boy. In our records the all-time count runs about 79,400 boys to 420 girls. A Viking name that crossed the Atlantic twice, once with longships and once with a K: the second crossing, on the evidence of the ledger, was the bigger one.

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Erick across languages

One shared root links 7 names across 3 languages.

Shared root: from Old Norse Eiríkr, traditionally "ever-ruler", carried by Vikings and revived by the Victorians

The constellation

ErickEnglish · variantEricEnglishErikScandinavianErichGerman

More branches

EricaEnglish · feminine formErikaScandinavian · variantErickaEnglish · variant

How popular is Erick around the world?

In the United States, 6,243 babies were named Erick between 2020 and 2025. In Mexico City, there were 243 registrations of Erick in 2022.

Erick is on the official records of the United States, Mexico City, Argentina, Montevideo, Brazil, Chile, Spain, Ireland, England and Wales, Canada and France.

Erick crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of a Spanish-speaking record and of Brazil’s 2022 census, which counts people of every age. The full list: Spanish and Portuguese

United States

1 in 3,500

In the United States, 6,243 babies were named Erick between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Erick peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure. Erick went to 1,372 US babies in 2015 and 879 in 2025, 64% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Mexico City City

1 in 480

In Mexico City, there were 243 registrations of Erick in 2022.

peak 20002022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (10 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Argentina

1 in 1,000

In Argentina, 659 newborns were given the name Erick in 2024.

2012peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Montevideo City

1 in 1,400 · 2011

In Montevideo, 18 boys named Erick were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

1940peak 2011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Brazil

1 in 1,400

At the 2022 census, 141,395 people in Brazil were named Erick, the 239th most common name, with a median age of 16.
Among people named Erick living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.

1940speak 2000s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 10,886 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Chile

1 in 1,600

In Chile, 112 boys were registered as Erick in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1920peak 19902021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Spain

1 in 11,000

In Spain, 4,208 residents are named Erick, the 473rd most common name among men, with a mean age of 11.8 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Ireland

1 in 18,000

In Ireland, 3 boys named Erick were born in 2025, the 829th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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England and Wales

1 in 22,000

In England and Wales, 27 boys named Erick were born in 2025, ranked 1,093rd among boys that year.

1996peak 2021

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Canada

1 in 23,000

In Canada, 16 boys named Erick were born in 2024, ranked 1,390th among boys that year.

peak 19912024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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France

1 in 130,000

In France, about 5 boys named Erick were born in 2025, ranked 4,100th among boys that year.

1900peak 19602025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Austria

last on record 2024

Erick is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Poland

last on record 2022

Erick is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2024

Erick is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 1,575 babies have carried the name there since 1998.

1998peak 20062025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Scotland

last on record 2023

Erick is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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South Australia

last on record 2014

Erick is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in New Zealand: that registry withholds small counts, so rare uses may sit below its floor.

Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Erick

Most people given the name Erick in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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