Erik: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced AIR-ik · 2 syllables

Erik means “always, eternal; ruler”, from Norse.

A spelling variant of Eric, or directly borrowed from modern Swedish Erik.

How popular is Erik?

Erik was the #545 name in the US in 2025, given to 549 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 42% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Babies named Erik in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1980).

Half of US adults named Erik are older than 41; most are between 21 and 61. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Erik have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Erik means “always, eternal; ruler”. It comes from Norse.

Erik is pronounced AIR-ik.

Erik was the #545 name in the US in 2025, given to 549 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 42% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Half of US adults named Erik are older than 41. Most are between 21 and 61.