Erickson
Erickson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 35 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 350.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200850 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1959
- 1,171people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,171 boys have been named Erickson in the United States since 1959, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 50 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 28%.
By decade
In 2008, its biggest year
Erickson was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2008 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Erickson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Saeedpeak 2011
- Eliezerpeak 2014
- Gibranpeak 2014
- Avrohompeak 2021
- Hassanpeak 2024
- Menachempeak 2014
- Naeempeak 2006
- Samipeak 2017
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.