boy's name

Aric

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 7,832

Aric is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 24 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1977, when 265 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 138,141 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1946.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Aric over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,970
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Aric by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 27
1950s 79
1960s 376
1970s 1,970
1980s 1,389
1990s 1,835
2000s 1,158
2010s 613
2020s (to 2025) 184

How popular is Aric?

In 2025, Aric was given to 24 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Aric is used

Canada #3,010 5 in 2018
United States #4,256 24 in 2025
England & Wales #5,613 3 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Aric

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Aric also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Aric over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Aric

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Aric — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Aric

How popular is the name Aric?

In 2025, Aric was given to 24 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Aric a girl's or a boy's name?

Aric is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Aric?

Aric has 2 syllables.

When was Aric most popular?

Aric peaked in 1977, when 265 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Aric a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Aric currently ranks #4,256 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.