Erik Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Erik: every year it appeared on the national list since 1911, with 157,461 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

157,461

Peak year

1980 #64

Years on the list

112

10-year trend

-22.2%

In the 1980s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1911–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	1,266	#277
2012	1,223	#289
2013	1,105	#311
2014	1,037	#329
2015	1,019	#337
2016	948	#355
2017	901	#368
2018	855	#377
2019	815	#384
2020	708	#422
2021	699	#442
2022	716	#432
2023	679	#454
2024	645	#476
2025	549	#546

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1980

813

383

350

306

222

214

Names from the same era

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Names similar to Erik

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