first name
ERIK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 137,631 people named Erik, 63.3% reported their origin as White, 28.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.9% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Erik peaked in 1980, when 4,959 babies got the name.
At least 158,126 babies have been given the name since 1911. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Erik by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #164. The largest share of babies named Erik, 36.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Erik is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Erik has been most common in Alaska (2.3×), California (2×), and Washington (2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.23×).
155,226 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Erik
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Erik, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Erik ranks #120,164 of 156,621, with 152 people. See Erik as a last name
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