Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Alaric

Gender

Male

Origin

Germanic
He Who Rules
German
Noble leader

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Alaric

Pronunciation

a-la-ric

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #822, 279 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1063, 205 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
2025205
2024192
2023201
2022253
2021274
2020279
2019251
2018214
2017203
2016180

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #1704, 15 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202515
202411
20235
202212
20219
202014
20196
20189
201712
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #781, 55 births); most recent 2023 (rank #834, 47 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202347
202247
202155
202044
201936
201846
201749
201638
201548
201454

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #762, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #435, 8 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
20208
2019–
20185
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence