Alaric

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Alaric is a masculine Germanic given name that, broken into its parts, means Ala "everyone's" and ric "ruler". This has various forms in the several Germanic languages, such as Alareiks in Gothic and Alrekr in Old Norse.

From Wikipedia

Alaric first appears in the data in 1949 and has been recorded in 70 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2020 with 279 babies (rank #822 that year). In 2024 it was given to 192 boys (rank #1,109). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Alaric

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alaric yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
6PersonalityThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

3,754

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

279

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In The Vampire Diaries: Alaric Saltzman — the history teacher vampire hunter

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1949	7	#3,022
1953	5	#3,811
1954	6	#3,453
1956	7	#3,220
1959	12	#2,417
1960	7	#3,341
1961	11	#2,539
1962	21	#1,759
1963	20	#1,792
1964	14	#2,206
1965	16	#1,987
1966	14	#2,132
1967	15	#2,030
1968	19	#1,837
1969	20	#1,861
1970	24	#1,796
1971	17	#2,279
1972	24	#1,820
1973	19	#2,128
1974	16	#2,461
1975	16	#2,542
1976	18	#2,419
1977	8	#4,173
1978	13	#3,070
1979	18	#2,568
1980	11	#3,618
1981	14	#3,032
1982	15	#2,973
1983	18	#2,579
1984	11	#3,706
1985	15	#3,073
1986	9	#4,465
1987	13	#3,526
1988	13	#3,709
1989	18	#3,206
1990	22	#2,865
1991	18	#3,327
1992	22	#3,002
1993	21	#3,142
1994	26	#2,766
1995	22	#3,102
1996	25	#2,912
1997	25	#2,981
1998	21	#3,490
1999	39	#2,301
2000	29	#2,994
2001	33	#2,800
2002	27	#3,262
2003	32	#2,994
2004	33	#3,014
2005	43	#2,567
2006	37	#2,982
2007	36	#3,137
2008	35	#3,223
2009	27	#3,835
2010	40	#2,915
2011	50	#2,478
2012	88	#1,711
2013	116	#1,426
2014	153	#1,201
2015	183	#1,077
2016	180	#1,090
2017	203	#996
2018	214	#971
2019	251	#874
2020	279	#822
2021	274	#855
2022	253	#912
2023	201	#1,073
2024	192	#1,109