Arik comes from the Hebrew tradition, meaning Lion / exalted, mountain of strength.
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How popular is Arik?
2000peak year
Today, Arik is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2768), with only about 47 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2000, 81 babies were given the name (ranked #1498 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Arik has been declining in recent years. In all, around 2,577 babies have been registered as Arik since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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