Boy
Eric
Eric is a boy's name, a household name, that has cooled since its 1970s peak, but is still chosen today.
Old NorseEver ruler
Old NorseEternal ruler
Also spelled: Erik
Births by decade
1900s
262
1910s
1,311
1920s
2,029
1930s
2,797
1940s
15,213
1950s
53,435
1960s
152,887
1970s
212,914
1980s
205,716
1990s
135,663
2000s
69,599
2010s
26,878
Peaked in the 1970s · 878,704 total U.S. births since 1900