Eriq
Eriq is a boy's name that peaked in 1995, when it was the 1,359th most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 2022. About 730 Eriqs are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 26.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Eriq
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 742
- Estimated living today
- 730
- Median age today
- 26
- Peak year
- 1995
- Best rank
- 1,359th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1988
How old the living Eriqs are
born that year still alive today
Of the 742 babies given the name since 1988, about 730 are alive — 98 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1999 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Notable Eriqs
- Eriq La Salle (born 1962)American actor
- Eriq Ebouaney (born 1967)French actor
- Eriq Zavaleta (born 1992)Salvadoran-American soccer player
People named Eriq with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Eriq is most common
Relative to how many babies each state records, Eriq is most concentrated in Texas (3.6×), California (3.1×).
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1995
The most popular boys’ names the year Eriq peaked:
Related names
Eriq against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.