Erik

Boy · recorded 1911–2025

  • #545in 2025
  • 1 in 3,111boys in 2025
  • −40%last ten years
  • 2.2×in Colorado

Most popular in 1980. Quieter now: down 40% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1911

01,3792,75719111940196819972025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 112 recorded years as a table
Erik, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191122
19149
191513
191611
19179
191812
19208
192110
192211
192314
192420
192510
192614
192716
19287
192918
193015
193117
193212
193323
193423
193523
193617
193723
193829
193935
194038
194143
194241
194355
194448
194571
194658
194766
194853
194987
195074
195181
195296
195397
1954108
1955108
1956120
1957150
1958160
1959201
1960221
1961245
1962249
1963332
1964586
19651,138
19661,102
19671,290
19681,363
19691,522
19701,746
19711,816
19722,095
19731,965
19741,832
19751,829
19761,755
19771,695
19781,986
19792,695
19802,757
19812,189
19822,002
19832,028
19841,896
19851,824
19861,689
19871,731
19881,817
19891,814
19901,926
19911,926
19921,910
19931,778
19941,939
19951,803
19961,594
19971,516
19981,400
19991,418
20001,386
20011,325
20021,267
20031,291
20041,191
20051,116
20061,037
2007977
2008880
2009784
2010697
2011667
2012645
2013584
2014540
2015532
2016500
2017487
2018471
2019454
2020410
2021400
2022410
2023397
2024374
2025321

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Colorado 2.2×
  2. Oregon 2.0×
  3. Texas 1.7×
  4. California 1.6×
  5. Utah 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
549
Rank in 2025
#545
How rare
1 in 3,111 boys
Since 1911
157,461

Most popular in 1980, at 2,757 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 40% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Colorado2.2×61
Oregon2.0×32
Texas1.7×334
California1.6×305
Utah1.5×32

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.