as a First Name
Of Old Norse origin, from ei ‘ever, always’ (or einn ‘one, alone’) + ríkr ‘ruler’ (see Eirik). It was introduced into Britain by Scandinavian settlers before the Norman Conquest. As a modern given name, it was revived in the mid 19th century and has remained in use since.
| 60th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 699,638
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 851,343
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Alaska
- has the most people named Eric per capita
- 1976
- marked the height of its popularity
0.24%
99.76%
5%
55+
55+
52%
30-54
30-54
27%
13-29
13-29
15%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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