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Erickson

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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
Babies named Erickson, by year of birthboys
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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

Decadeboys named Erickson
1950s6
1960s11
1970s85
1980s133
1990s196
2000s255
2010s327
2020s158

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.

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.