Erik is a familiar variant of Eric that peaked in 1980 and has since faded.
Erik is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #546 for boy births in the United States (and #1,102 across all names), given to 549 babies. Erik first appears in 1911 and peaked in 1980 (4,918 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 549 | 549 | — | #546 |
| 2024 | 645 | 645 | — | #476 |
| 2023 | 679 | 679 | — | #454 |
| 2022 | 716 | 716 | — | #432 |
| 2021 | 699 | 699 | — | #442 |
| 2020 | 708 | 708 | — | #422 |
| 2019 | 815 | 815 | — | #384 |
| 2018 | 855 | 855 | — | #377 |
| 2017 | 901 | 901 | — | #368 |
| 2016 | 948 | 953 | — | #355 |
| 2015 | 1,019 | 1,025 | — | #337 |
| 2014 | 1,037 | 1,037 | — | #329 |
| 2013 | 1,105 | 1,105 | — | #311 |
| 2012 | 1,223 | 1,232 | — | #289 |
| 2011 | 1,266 | 1,273 | — | #277 |
| 2010 | 1,337 | 1,347 | — | #256 |
| 2009 | 1,555 | 1,566 | — | #233 |
| 2008 | 1,802 | 1,814 | #14,306 | #213 |
| 2007 | 2,034 | 2,048 | #16,112 | #199 |
| 2006 | 2,131 | 2,143 | — | #189 |
| 2005 | 2,233 | 2,248 | #17,301 | #183 |
| 2004 | 2,373 | 2,383 | #11,966 | #172 |
| 2003 | 2,555 | 2,569 | #16,556 | #158 |
| 2002 | 2,460 | 2,476 | — | #156 |
| 2001 | 2,574 | 2,590 | — | #155 |
| 2000 | 2,732 | 2,750 | #9,385 | #143 |
| 1999 | 2,729 | 2,744 | #13,202 | #139 |
| 1998 | 2,683 | 2,693 | #11,511 | #140 |
| 1997 | 2,862 | — | #14,447 | #134 |
| 1996 | 3,029 | — | #9,033 | #122 |
| 1995 | 3,443 | — | #7,679 | #111 |
| 1994 | 3,770 | — | #4,280 | #99 |
| 1993 | 3,502 | — | #6,372 | #105 |
| 1992 | 3,831 | — | #5,809 | #98 |
| 1991 | 3,905 | — | #6,721 | #95 |
| 1990 | 3,967 | — | #7,473 | #96 |
| 1989 | 3,647 | — | #5,114 | #95 |
| 1988 | 3,499 | — | #4,218 | #92 |
| 1987 | 3,256 | — | #3,547 | #94 |
| 1986 | 3,134 | — | #3,579 | #92 |
| 1985 | 3,398 | — | #3,348 | #87 |
| 1984 | 3,450 | — | #3,102 | #84 |
| 1983 | 3,665 | — | #2,930 | #80 |
| 1982 | 3,661 | — | #3,038 | #80 |
| 1981 | 3,943 | — | #3,652 | #76 |
| 1980 | 4,959 | — | #2,358 | #64 |
| 1979 | 4,660 | — | #3,809 | #66 |
| 1978 | 3,278 | — | #4,124 | #85 |
| 1977 | 2,803 | — | #4,112 | #94 |
| 1976 | 2,772 | — | #3,718 | #94 |
| 1975 | 2,871 | — | #3,998 | #87 |
| 1974 | 2,904 | — | #3,035 | #90 |
| 1973 | 3,081 | — | #3,382 | #86 |
| 1972 | 3,414 | — | #3,761 | #86 |
| 1971 | 3,223 | — | #4,900 | #97 |
| 1970 | 3,262 | — | #3,627 | #101 |
| 1969 | 2,735 | — | #3,836 | #119 |
| 1968 | 2,386 | — | #3,083 | #125 |
| 1967 | 2,262 | — | #3,903 | #133 |
| 1966 | 1,974 | — | #4,604 | #145 |
| 1965 | 2,131 | — | #3,455 | #145 |
| 1964 | 1,172 | — | #7,068 | #221 |
| 1963 | 674 | — | — | #298 |
| 1962 | 516 | — | — | #344 |
| 1961 | 520 | — | — | #347 |
| 1960 | 472 | — | — | #360 |
| 1959 | 428 | — | — | #384 |
| 1958 | 340 | — | — | #427 |
| 1957 | 324 | — | — | #431 |
| 1956 | 253 | — | — | #476 |
| 1955 | 222 | — | — | #495 |
| 1954 | 220 | — | — | #487 |
| 1953 | 191 | — | — | #507 |
| 1952 | 187 | — | — | #510 |
| 1951 | 153 | — | — | #552 |
| 1950 | 132 | — | — | #592 |
| 1949 | 154 | — | — | #537 |
| 1948 | 93 | — | — | #692 |
| 1947 | 121 | — | — | #620 |
| 1946 | 95 | — | — | #665 |
| 1945 | 96 | — | — | #619 |
| 1944 | 65 | — | — | #777 |
| 1943 | 79 | — | — | #725 |
| 1942 | 57 | — | — | #869 |
| 1941 | 53 | — | — | #874 |
| 1940 | 44 | — | — | #971 |
| 1939 | 39 | — | — | #1,017 |
| 1938 | 32 | — | — | #1,151 |
| 1937 | 24 | — | — | #1,381 |
| 1936 | 18 | — | — | #1,605 |
| 1935 | 24 | — | — | #1,401 |
| 1934 | 24 | — | — | #1,396 |
| 1933 | 23 | — | — | #1,418 |
| 1932 | 13 | — | — | #2,128 |
| 1931 | 18 | — | — | #1,723 |
| 1930 | 17 | — | — | #1,847 |
| 1929 | 19 | — | — | #1,750 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | — | #3,172 |
| 1927 | 18 | — | — | #1,897 |
| 1926 | 16 | — | — | #2,013 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | — | #2,638 |
| 1924 | 23 | — | — | #1,643 |
| 1923 | 15 | — | — | #2,157 |
| 1922 | 12 | — | — | #2,531 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | — | #2,685 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | — | #3,298 |
| 1918 | 12 | — | — | #2,442 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | — | #3,025 |
| 1916 | 10 | — | — | #2,605 |
| 1915 | 11 | — | — | #2,352 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | — | #3,016 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | — | #1,823 |