Edric
Masculine · “rich ruler”
Edric is Old English and it is old English in the fullest sense — Eadric was in use before the Norman Conquest, built from two of the commonest elements in Anglo-Saxon naming. It went out of use for eight hundred years and has been quietly coming back.
How old is the name Edric?
Edric first appears in US birth records in 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Edric alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 1,700 people named Edric are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Edric most popular?
Edric peaked in 2018, reaching #1324 nationally. Today it ranks #3240, 1,916 places below that high. See the whole 2018 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Eadric to Edric
The story of Edric
Eadric was borne by Anglo-Saxon ealdormen and appears in the chronicles of the tenth and eleventh centuries. Like almost every English name of its type, it was swept aside after 1066 by the Norman stock of Williams and Roberts, and it survived only as a surname and in a few place names. Its return is recent and belongs to a broader revival of Anglo-Saxon names — Alfred, Edwin, Osric — among English-speaking families looking further back than the usual thousand years.
Meaning
rich ruler, fortunate king
From Old English ead, wealth or good fortune, and ric, a ruler or kingdom; the first element also opens Edward, Edmund and Edith, and the second closes Frederick and Roderick.
How the name formed
- Eadric
- Edric
Related forms: Ederich · Edrick
Pronouncing Edric
ED-rik
Two syllables, first stressed. There is no variation.
Nicknames for Edric
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1914
- Most boys named
- 2018137 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1324reached in 2018
- Change vs 2024
- −49.3%36 in 2025, from 71
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Edric in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ederich in German — related form
- Edrick in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Edrics among us
people named Edric are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 47,447 born in 2025 was named Edric
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Edric
- #3240
- Edric on the 2025 chart
- #791
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Edric went to 36 boys in 2025, but Edrick and Edrik are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 137, which makes it the 791st most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,449 places above the chart.
- Edrick90
- Edric36
- Edrik11
About 1 boy in 12,468 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 47,447 for Edric itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Haydn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Edric's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Haydn climbed just as high around 2003, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Haydn's path sketches the road Edric is walking now.
Edric sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Edric is headed
Edric should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Edric beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Edric in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented Anglo-Saxon name with both elements clearly attested.
- Ed and Eddie are ready-made and require no negotiation.
- Two syllables and five letters, easy to write and impossible to mispronounce.
- Edrick is also used, so the spelling will occasionally be asked for.
- It is close enough to Eric and Cedric to be misheard.
- A revived name from before the Conquest is unfamiliar to most people and will be asked about.
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Frequently asked
- How many Edrics are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Edric are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Edric?
- Edric is one of 3 recorded spellings. Edrick is the more common one — 90 births in 2025 against 36 for Edric.
- How popular is the name Edric in 2025?
- Edric ranks #3240 among US boy names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Edric?
- About 1 in every 47,447 US boys born in 2025 was named Edric — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Edric with classmates?
- Edric will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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