Erik
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Erik
While substituting a C for a K is a modern trend, Erik is in fact the traditional spelling of the name, derived from the Old Norse Eiríkr and introduced to the English speaking world in the Anglo-Saxon period. Now, Erik is popular in Scandinavia and throughout much of Central and Eastern Europe, where it ranks in the Top 100 in Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, and more.
The Erik form remains on style in the UK where Eric feels outdated and both Erik and Erick are preferred in Spain, Latin America, and among Spanish Speakers in the US.
Erik is the least popular form of the name in the US charts, outranked by Eric and Erick - however, all three remain in the Top 500, and when you add all the Eric/ks together, it begins to feel like a name that ranks just outside the Top 100, in tune with August, Myles, Nicholas and Xavier.
Love the Scandinavian feel of Erik? Magnus, Ivor, Ivar, Henning, Halsten, Emrik, or Torkel might provide some further inspiration.
Erik is also given to girls.
Pronounced AIR-ik.
As of October 2026, Erik ranked #546 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #64 in 1980, Nameberry popularity #606.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #329 | 1,037 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #338 | 1,018 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #355 | 948 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #368 | 900 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #379 | 854 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #384 | 815 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #422 | 708 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #441 | 699 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #432 | 716 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #454 | 679 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #476 | 644 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #546 | 549 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Erik on lists
Famous Eriks
- Erik the RedBoy
the son of Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson
- Erik ThorvaldssonBoy
first European to explore North America
- Erik EstradaBoy
American actor
- Erik Per SullivanBoy
American actor
- Éric Alfred Leslie "Erik" SatieBoy
French composer and pianist
- Erik SandinBoy
member of NOFX
- Erik Homburger Erikson (born Erik Salomonsen)Boy
German,American psychologist
- Erik EllingtonBoy
American pro skateboarder
- Erik Dean PrinceBoy
American founder of Blackwater
- Erik Charles NielsonBoy
American actor
- Erik Thomas von DettenBoy
American actor
- Erik RicoBoy
American singer,songwriter
- Erik DurmBoy
German football player
- Erik BjörnssonBoy
one of the sons of Björn Ironside
- Erik RefilssonBoy
Swedish legendary king
- Erik LorigBoy
pepepeperik Turner, rhythm guitarist of glam metal band Warrant
- Erik RicoBoy
American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ
- Erik Range aka GronkhBoy
German game developer and YouTuber
Erik in pop culture
- Erik the RedBoy
fictional character in the Marvel Comics comic book universe
- ErikBoy
the Phantom of the Opera, disfigured genius, created by French writer Gaston Leroux
- Erik J. SmithBoy
one of the five Guardians from the Norse Bible
- Erik Von DarkmoorBoy
fictional character appearing in the novels of Raymond E. Feist
- Erik Lehnsherr aka MagnetoBoy
character in Marvel's X,Men
- Dr. Erik SelvigBoy
character in the Marvel Universe
- Erik Magnus 'Cobra'Boy
character in manga/anime, 'Fairy Tail'
- Erik NightBoy
character in the 'House Of Night' series by PC Cast
- Erik WallaceBoy
characher in the "Sims" series
- Erik KillmongerBoy
character in the movie "Black Panther"
- ErikBoy
character on TV's "Mako Mermaids"
- Erik PressmanBoy
Starfleet Admiral in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Pegasus"
- ErikBoy
a deer villager from “Animal Crossing”