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Baby name
Erik
Boy
Origin of the name
Erik is the Scandinavian spelling of Eric, from the Old Norse Eiríkr, “eternal ruler.”
Classic name
157,461births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 64rank at its peak, in 1980
Where babies named Erik are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Erik is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Erik is most common in Alaska (2.2 times), California (1.9) and Washington (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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