Given name
Elric
“a red-haired young man”·“a king”
Elric is a variant of Elroy. Interpretations include “a red-haired young man” and “a king”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Elric is a variant of Elroy. Interpretations include “a red-haired young man” and “a king”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elric through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 581
- 581 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #4,286 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,286 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 33 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 455 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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