How popular is the name Aric?

Aric ranks 1,230th among boys' names in US records, with 7,831 births since 1946. Over the past decade it accounts for 456.

Is Aric a unisex name?

No. Aric is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1977, when 271 children were given the name. It has been in use for 79 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Arrick. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,230 of boy names

Pronounced AE1 R IH0 K (ARPABET)

Aric is a boys' name, and first appears in 1946. It has been given to 7,831 children — the 1,230th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 456 births across the past decade, against a peak of 271 in a single year. That peak was in 1977.

Arrick is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1977Boys: 271Girls: 0

These spellings sound identical to Aric and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Aric?: Aric ranks 1,230th among boys' names in US records, with 7,831 births since 1946. Over the past decade it accounts for 456.
Is Aric a unisex name?: No. Aric is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Aric most popular?: 1977, when 271 children were given the name. It has been in use for 79 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Aric spelled?: Arrick. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.