Emrik

#4,167 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Emmerich

Emrik has been given to 175 babies in the U.S. since 2008. In 2025 it ranked #4,167 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 25 recorded.

Babies named Emrik, 2025

1 in 133,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Emrik: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Emmerich

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Emrik means

Emrik is a form of Emmerich.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Emrik → Emmerich. The family’s meaning is “hard work”, recorded in German with the source elements amalą.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Emmerich.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 175 boys were recorded with the name Emrik between 2008 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2025; its best national rank was #4,167 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,006 in 2020 to #4,167 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,207 in 2015 to #4,167 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 Emrik?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 133,000; 25 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 68,300; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #4,167; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 91,917 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Emrik 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 91,917 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Emrik. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Emriks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Emrik was born before 2019 — so the typical Emrik is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 52.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 175; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 52.0% of all recorded uses (91).

Is Emrik 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: +2,105; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +6,839; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +3,040; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.27×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (25)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 49.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,167; 2025

Spellings of Emrik

Emrik is not the most common spelling — Eric is, with 72.8% against Emrik's 0.01%.

Eric72.8%888,891
Erik12.9%157,461
Erick6.5%79,463
Emil2.7%33,096
Erin0.78%9,478
Emir0.46%5,615
Derik0.45%5,508
Emmit0.35%4,260

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.

Emrik around the world

Where Emrik 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
1997–2017
#4,799
in 2017
Norway
1880–2025
#73
in 2025
Canada
2003–2024
#2,855
in 2024

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway and Statistics Canada. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. SSB data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Emrik by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #4,167
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 6,839
Best rank ever: #4,167; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 25 that year
First recorded: 2008
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 175
Count in 2025: 25

Names similar to Emrik

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

Emric Emran Emris Lorik Edrik Emrick Aarik Emri Emrah Marik Rorik Merik Eirik Cedrik Emrys Airik Ulrik Emryn Adrik Emerik Emry Emre Alarik Merrik

Sibling names for Emrik

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

Leonor Karleigh Keren Kendyl Anabel Leigha Adelle Shoshana

For a brother

Hamilton Caesar Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Leander Henri Gavyn

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