Jerrik

Boys' name

Variant of Erik

Jerrik has been given to 101 babies in the U.S. since 1990. 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 2018, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Jerrik, 2022

1 in 677,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jerrik: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Erik

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jerrik means

Jerrik is a variant of Erik.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Jerrik is used in Danish (Rare).

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jerrik → Erik → Erik. The family’s meaning is “ever ruler”, recorded in Swedish with the source elements Aiwa-rikiaʀ.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Erik.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 101 boys were recorded with the name Jerrik between 1990 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2018; its best national rank was #6,894 in 2018.

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 Jerrik?

Jerrik had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 677,000; 5 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only: 1 in 349,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jerrik 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 2022 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 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jerrik. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jerriks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jerrik was born before 2015 — so the typical Jerrik is around 10 today.

Median birth year: 2015; About 10 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 37.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 90.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 101; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 37.6% of all recorded uses (38).

Is Jerrik 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 2018 (12)
Years since peak: 7; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 46.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,894; 2018

Spellings of Jerrik

Jerrik is not the most common spelling — Jerry is, with 62.6% against Jerrik's 0.01%.

Jerry62.6%615,102
Erik16.0%157,461
Derrick14.8%145,347
Jerrod0.95%9,361
Merrick0.59%5,792
Derik0.56%5,508
Henrik0.43%4,224
Derrek0.31%3,047

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.

Jerrik 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: #6,894; 2018
Peak year: 2018; 12 that year
First recorded: 1990
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 101
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jerrik

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

Jerik Jermir Jerzey Jeriko Jermany Jersiah Jermani Jerzy Emerik Jerric Jeriyah Jereld Jerryl Jerrin Jerris Jermon Jerrit Jerian Jermoni Jerzi Jermari Cedrik Jersey Jerrion

Sibling names for Jerrik

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

Oaklyn Keily Zaylee Aislinn Khaleesi Emberly Landry Avah

For a brother

Torin Kamryn Levon Bilal Mordechai Zaid Brecken Linus

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