Endrick is a Welsh name connected to the River Endrick in Stirlingshire, Scotland, with possible Celtic roots meaning something like "high ridge" or derived from an ancient personal name. Ranked #1240 with its peak in 2024 and only 218 total SSA uses, this is one of the rarest names in this batch, and its emergence in American birth records is almost certainly connected to a single extraordinary footballer.
Endrick the River, Endrick the Name
The River Endrick flows through the Scottish Lowlands into Loch Lomond, giving the name a Scottish geographical anchor that overlaps with its Welsh roots. Celtic river names (Avon, Wye, Severn) have a long history of crossing into personal naming. Welsh names with this topographical character are less common in American naming than Irish ones, which makes Endrick genuinely unusual territory.
Endrick: Brazil's Next Superstar
Endrick Felipe Moreira de Sousa, known simply as Endrick, is a Brazilian footballer born in 2006 who signed with Real Madrid for a reported €60 million before his 18th birthday. He made his debut for the Brazilian national team as a teenager and scored against England at Wembley in 2024. His global profile in soccer-following communities is enormous, and the 2024 SSA peak almost certainly reflects his sudden rise to international prominence. That's a remarkable case of a single athlete generating name adoption in a country where his sport is not the dominant one.
218 Total Uses and What That Means
With only 218 total SSA uses as of the most recent data, Endrick is extraordinarily rare. Any child given this name will almost certainly never meet another. For soccer-loving families, particularly those with Brazilian or Latino connections, it's a powerful tribute choice right at the moment of peak cultural impact. For families without that connection, the name's rarity and its single dominant cultural reference make it a more difficult case to make independently of the footballer.