Elick

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Elick has been given to 113 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1913, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Elick, 1958

1 in 827,000

Elick over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Elick: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Elick means

Elick is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Elick is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 113 boys were recorded with the name Elick between 1880 and 1958. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1913; its best national rank was #922 in 1890.

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.

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How common is Elick?

Elick had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1958, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1958: 1 in 827,000; 5 of 4,133,550 births
Among boys only: 1 in 424,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1958: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 573,033 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Elick 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 1958 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 573,033 children born in 1958 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elick. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elicks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elick was born before 1919 — so the typical Elick is around 106 today.

Median birth year: 1919; About 106 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 36.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 20.4%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 36.3% of all recorded uses (41).

Is Elick 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1913 (8)
Years since peak: 112; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 11.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #922; 1890

Spellings of Elick

Elick is not the most common spelling — Eric is, with 53.2% against Elick's <0.01%.

Eric53.2%888,891
Erik9.4%157,461
Eli9.2%153,495
Elias7.7%129,263
Rick4.9%81,829
Erick4.8%79,463
Nick3.0%50,457
Dick1.8%29,273

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.

Elick by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #922; 1890
Peak year: 1913; 8 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 1958
All-time count: 113
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Elick

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

Elius Elios Eliav Elite Elior Eliya Eliza Eliahs Elisio Elison Elion Elizar Elizeo Elic Elix Eliano Elisey Eliad Elisa Elikai Eliaz Elier Elicio Eliyohu

Sibling names for Elick

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

For a sister

Golda Lauretta Leatha Leone Mayme Artie Alpha Hettie

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman

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