Alaric
About Alaric
Alaric is an ancient regal name that sounds modern enough to be considered. Alaric was a traditional name for the kings of the Ostrogoths, the most famous of whom was Alaric I, the King of the West Goths who sacked Rome in 410.
In literature, Alaric was a noble character in P. G. Wodehouse's Blandings Castle novels, the lead character in Alexander Theroux's Darconville's Cat, appeared in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series, and was the name of a history teacher on The Vampire Diaries.
More unusual than Frederic or Roderic, Alaric could make a quaintly quirky path to all the Al and Rick nicknames.
Pronounced AL-ah-rik.
As of October 2026, Alaric ranked #1063 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #822 in 2020, Nameberry popularity #132.
Editor's take: The name Alaric is a boy's name of German origin meaning "all-powerful ruler".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,201 | 153 | 79.7 |
| 2015 | #1,077 | 183 | 95.5 |
| 2016 | #1,090 | 180 | 94.8 |
| 2017 | #996 | 203 | 109.7 |
| 2018 | #971 | 214 | 117.8 |
| 2019 | #874 | 251 | 139.9 |
| 2020 | #822 | 279 | 161.6 |
| 2021 | #855 | 274 | 156.6 |
| 2022 | #912 | 253 | 144.9 |
| 2023 | #1,073 | 201 | 117.5 |
| 2024 | #1,109 | 192 | 111.4 |
| 2025 | #1,063 | 205 | 120 |
World rankings
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Alaric on lists
Famous Alarics
- Alaric I and II
Kings of the Visigoths
- Alaric
legendary king of Sweden
- Alaric Tay (Liang Hoong)
Singaporean film director
- (Harold) Alaric Jacob
English writer and war correspondent
- Alaric Alexander Watts
English poet and journalist
- Alaric "Rokko" Jans
American composer
- Alaric B. Chapin
American Civil War hero
- Alaric
Cotin, nickname of Frederick the Great of Prussia, given by Voltaire for his military genius and his taste for literature
Alaric in pop culture
- Alaric Saltzman
character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries", He is also called Rick
- Alaric
Duke of Dunstable, a character in P. G. Wodehouse's 'Blandings Castle' series
- Alaric the Mad
character in the Warhammer Fantasy realm
- Alaric Darconville
title character of Alexander Theroux's "Darconville's Cat"
- Alaric Deschain
character in Stephen King's series The Dark Tower
- Alaric Morgan
character in the Deryni series by Katherine Kurtz
- Alaric Tudor
one of the clerks in Anthony Trollope's "The Three Clerks"
- Alaric Vas
character in "The Bird Artist" by Howard Norman
- Alaric
character in Alyssa Day's Warriors of Poseidon series
- Alaric
character in "Born to Exile" by Phyllis Eisenstein
- Sir Alaric
Keeper of the King's Records in "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins" by Dr. Seuss