How Many People Are Named Alaric?

3,864

people named Alaric are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 88,453 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,961 babies named Alaric in Social Security records from 1949 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#4,396

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,648

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Peak Year

2020

279 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Ancient Germanic
Pronunciation: AL-ə-rik (English)
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From the Gothic name Alareiks which meant "ruler of all", derived from the Germanic element ala "all" combined with ric "ruler, power". This was the name of a king of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in the 5th century.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Alaric in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Alaric alive today is about 14 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 17 in 2025.

Under 30 3,299
85.4%
30 to 59 469
12.1%
60 and over 96
2.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Alaric first appears in the records in 1949 and was given most often in 2020, to 279 babies. In 2025, 205 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1949 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Alaric has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #822, in 2020. In 2025 it ranked #1,063.

Boys
Rank in 2025#1,063
Best rank#822 (2020)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,224 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Alaric alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Alaric were born in Texas than in any other state: about 291 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alaric was given 1.9 times as often in Washington, 1.8 times in Indiana and 1.8 times in Missouri.

Texas 291
California 246
Florida 159
New York 121
Ohio 103
Pennsylvania 88
Washington 85
Indiana 82
North Carolina 79
Michigan 77
Missouri 71
Illinois 65
Georgia 65
Arizona 61
Wisconsin 60
Virginia 59
Tennessee 51
Kansas 36
Oklahoma 35
Colorado 24
Maryland 24
Kentucky 24
Oregon 23
Utah 23
Iowa 19
West Virginia 16
Arkansas 15
Nevada 12
Massachusetts 11
Minnesota 11
Louisiana 10
New Jersey 6
Alabama 6
South Carolina 5
Nebraska 5
Idaho 5

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