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Alrik

#12,103 in 2025Boys' name

Elf-ruler

Alrik has been given to 42 babies in the U.S. since 2014. In 2025 it ranked #12,103 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Alrik, 2025

1 in 663,000

Alrik over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Alrik: meaning, origin, and history

Elf-ruler

Old Norse

What Alrik means

Alrik means “elf-ruler”, associated with Alfrekr.

Origin, language, and formation

Alrik is used in Swedish. Its origins include Old Norse.

Alrik comes through Old Norse Alfrekr and Old High German Adalric.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 42 boys were recorded with the name Alrik between 2014 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2021; its best national rank was #7,114 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,126 in 2020 to #12,103 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,775 in 2015 to #12,103 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Alrik?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,103
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Alrik sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alrik. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alriks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alrik was born before 2020 — so the typical Alrik is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
61.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
42
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 61.9% of all recorded uses (26).

Is Alrik rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+340
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+23
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,328
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.63×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
45.5%
Peak was 2021 (11)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
40.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,114
2021

Spellings of Alrik

Alrik is not the most common spelling — Alvin is, with 31.7% against Alrik's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Alrik around the world

Where Alrik ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    1981–2020
    #6,681
    in 2020

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Alrik by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,103
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 23
Best rank ever
#7,114
2021
Peak year
2021
11 that year
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
42
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Alrik

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Alrik

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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