Erick
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.
Erick around the world
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
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Erick peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
141,395 people · the #239 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,437 · median age 16
Among people named Erick living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 10,886 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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.
The Erick deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Erick truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Erick fits with your family’s names and surname.
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