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.

Erik

#222 most common boys' name of all time · #484 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1911–2025

Rank among boys
#222
Rank overall
#484 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
158,126
Since 2016
7,515
Peak year
1980 #64
Best rank
#64 1980
Girls Boys peak 4,959/yr
192019401960198020002020

Erik first appears in 1911. 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 — 549 549 #547
2024 — 645 645 #477
2023 — 679 679 #454
2022 — 716 716 #432
2021 — 699 699 #442
2020 — 708 708 #423
2019 — 815 815 #385
2018 — 855 855 #378
2017 — 901 901 #368
2016 — 948 948 #355
2015 — 1,019 1,019 #337
2014 — 1,037 1,037 #329
2013 — 1,105 1,105 #311
2012 — 1,223 1,223 #290
2011 — 1,266 1,266 #277
2010 — 1,337 1,337 #256
2009 — 1,555 1,555 #233
2008 7 1,795 1,802 #213
2007 6 2,028 2,034 #199
2006 — 2,131 2,131 #189
2005 5 2,228 2,233 #183
2004 8 2,365 2,373 #172
2003 5 2,550 2,555 #158
2002 — 2,460 2,460 #156
2001 — 2,574 2,574 #155
2000 10 2,722 2,732 #143
1999 6 2,723 2,729 #139
1998 7 2,676 2,683 #140
1997 5 2,857 2,862 #134
1996 9 3,020 3,029 #122
1995 11 3,432 3,443 #111
1994 24 3,746 3,770 #99
1993 14 3,488 3,502 #105
1992 16 3,815 3,831 #98
1991 13 3,892 3,905 #95
1990 11 3,956 3,967 #96
1989 17 3,630 3,647 #95
1988 21 3,478 3,499 #93
1987 25 3,231 3,256 #94
1986 24 3,110 3,134 #92
1985 26 3,372 3,398 #87
1984 28 3,422 3,450 #84
1983 29 3,636 3,665 #80
1982 29 3,632 3,661 #80
1981 22 3,921 3,943 #76
1980 41 4,918 4,959 #64
1979 20 4,640 4,660 #66
1978 17 3,261 3,278 #85
1977 17 2,786 2,803 #94
1976 18 2,754 2,772 #94
1975 16 2,855 2,871 #87
1974 23 2,881 2,904 #90
1973 19 3,062 3,081 #86
1972 16 3,398 3,414 #86
1971 11 3,212 3,223 #97
1970 17 3,245 3,262 #101
1969 14 2,721 2,735 #119
1968 18 2,368 2,386 #125
1967 12 2,250 2,262 #133
1966 9 1,965 1,974 #145
1965 14 2,117 2,131 #145
1964 5 1,167 1,172 #221
1963 — 674 674 #298
1962 — 516 516 #344
1961 — 520 520 #347
1960 — 472 472 #360
1959 — 428 428 #384
1958 — 340 340 #427
1957 — 324 324 #432
1956 — 253 253 #477
1955 — 222 222 #494
1954 — 220 220 #488
1953 — 191 191 #509
1952 — 187 187 #511
1951 — 153 153 #553
1950 — 132 132 #594
1949 — 154 154 #537
1948 — 93 93 #695
1947 — 121 121 #622
1946 — 95 95 #666
1945 — 96 96 #620
1944 — 65 65 #780
1943 — 79 79 #729
1942 — 57 57 #875
1941 — 53 53 #875
1940 — 44 44 #980
1939 — 39 39 #1,030
1938 — 32 32 #1,164
1937 — 24 24 #1,397
1936 — 18 18 #1,627
1935 — 24 24 #1,417
1934 — 24 24 #1,419
1933 — 23 23 #1,449
1932 — 13 13 #2,153
1931 — 18 18 #1,747
1930 — 17 17 #1,869
1929 — 19 19 #1,778
1928 — 8 8 #3,184
1927 — 18 18 #1,931
1926 — 16 16 #2,045
1925 — 11 11 #2,671
1924 — 23 23 #1,669
1923 — 15 15 #2,187
1922 — 12 12 #2,556
1921 — 11 11 #2,721
1920 — 8 8 #3,298
1918 — 12 12 #2,479
1917 — 8 8 #3,058
1916 — 10 10 #2,644
1915 — 11 11 #2,407
1914 — 6 6 #3,051
1911 — 5 5 #1,948