Masculine dossier · first seen 1959

Erickson

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Erickson
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2008

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1959Peak 20082024

Peak year

2008

Decline from peak

30%

2024

All-time

1,171

Erickson has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2008, when 50 boys were named Erickson.

In 2024, only 35 boys were given the name.

Down 30% from its peak.

All told, about 1,171 Americans have been named Erickson and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1959.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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