Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Arik

#2,670 most common boys' name of all time · #6,427 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1965–2025

Rank among boys
#2,670
Rank overall
#6,427 of 105,966
First appeared
1965
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
2,613
Since 2016
439
Peak year
2000 #1,501
Best rank
#1,393 1993
Girls Boys peak 81/yr
198020002020

Arik first appears in 1965. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 35 35 #3,332
2024 — 36 36 #3,302
2023 — 45 45 #2,820
2022 — 34 34 #3,432
2021 — 38 38 #3,144
2020 — 46 46 #2,705
2019 — 47 47 #2,712
2018 — 43 43 #2,813
2017 — 48 48 #2,619
2016 — 67 67 #2,095
2015 — 62 62 #2,198
2014 — 57 57 #2,307
2013 — 44 44 #2,687
2012 — 57 57 #2,279
2011 — 53 53 #2,388
2010 — 52 52 #2,414
2009 — 50 50 #2,540
2008 — 49 49 #2,559
2007 — 67 67 #2,058
2006 — 64 64 #2,072
2005 — 61 61 #2,049
2004 — 64 64 #1,924
2003 — 68 68 #1,772
2002 — 79 79 #1,564
2001 — 59 59 #1,881
2000 — 81 81 #1,501
1999 — 52 52 #1,893
1998 — 55 55 #1,823
1997 — 55 55 #1,762
1996 — 64 64 #1,564
1995 — 64 64 #1,499
1994 — 63 63 #1,505
1993 — 70 70 #1,393
1992 — 55 55 #1,609
1991 — 45 45 #1,783
1990 — 60 60 #1,459
1989 — 45 45 #1,724
1988 — 43 43 #1,661
1987 — 27 27 #2,198
1986 — 35 35 #1,782
1985 — 35 35 #1,756
1984 — 32 32 #1,787
1983 — 28 28 #1,944
1982 — 26 26 #2,097
1981 — 28 28 #1,986
1980 — 31 31 #1,844
1979 — 36 36 #1,628
1978 — 32 32 #1,708
1977 — 31 31 #1,741
1976 — 20 20 #2,316
1975 — 20 20 #2,277
1974 — 28 28 #1,739
1973 — 23 23 #1,921
1972 — 21 21 #2,012
1971 — 20 20 #2,121
1970 — 19 19 #2,122
1969 — 11 11 #2,845
1968 — 7 7 #3,635
1967 — 8 8 #3,219
1966 — 12 12 #2,462
1965 — 6 6 #3,909