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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: falling

EricIn Hebrew: אריק · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Eric (Hebrew: אריק) is a boy's name of international origin. 4,474 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 13 boys and ranked #585. Its peak year was 1974, with 216 babies.

People in Israel
4,474
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
13
rank #585
Peak year
1974
216 babies
USA, 2025
1,256
rank #273

Writing and saying Eric

In Hebrew letters the name is אריק, read right to left. Eric is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Eric by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Eric: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Eric in English-speaking countries

Eric in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,256#2731970 (23,571)
United Kingdom2025316#1822018 (500)
England and Wales2025300#1682018 (470)
Scotland202510#3331974 (49)
Northern Ireland20256#2702020 (13)
Ireland202522#2101996 (114)
British Columbia202321#1641994 (159)
Alberta202515#3121992 (187)
Quebec202514#3261980 (1,634)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Eric has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Eric

How do you write Eric in Hebrew?

Eric is written אריק in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Eric?

4,474 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אריק: 0 women and 4,474 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

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

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named אריק are men.

Is Eric used outside Israel?

The name Eric appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,256 boys were given it in 2025 (#273), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 316 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.