Era

#2,691 for girls in 2025, 64 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
Given to girls 99.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1898 · 84 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,955
since 1880

Era over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Era has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #340, 1898girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,69164
2024#2,85758#8,9878
2023#3,70941#9,7637
2022#3,22050
2021#3,33947
2020#3,54642#12,0225
2019#3,55243
2018#3,91837
2017#4,57630
2016#4,15735
2015#5,12726
2014#5,79722
2013#6,01721
2012#6,34120
2011#6,56419
2010#7,88015
2009#8,05815
2008#7,40817
2007#8,52014
2006#10,61110
2005#7,89114
2004#7,39115
2003#9,04811
2002#8,28012
2001
2000#10,7458
1999#12,6886
1998
1997#7,74211
1996#13,5185
1995
1994
1993#11,7806
1992#11,7386
1991
1990#12,9585
1989#10,8476
1988
1987#9,8256
1986#7,1349
1985#6,45710
1984#7,3988
1983
1982
1981
1980#6,31910
1979#7,3138
1978#5,21412
1977#5,53211
1976#4,90512
1975#7,1737
1974#4,72012
1973#7,4356
1972#5,4809
1971#4,31113
1970#4,03814
1969#3,31817
1968#7,0165
1967#5,4577
1966#3,74012
1965#3,73312
1964#3,69213
1963#3,06617
1962#3,03317
1961#3,31815
1960#3,35714
1959#2,19127
1958#2,58120
1957#2,56320
1956#2,62219
1955#2,22224
1954#1,94929
1953#2,07125
1952#1,82030
1951#1,88527
1950#1,83527
1949#1,96724#3,2986
1948#1,52037
1947#1,35746
1946#1,48135
1945#1,29238
1944#1,31537
1943#1,49231
1942#1,24941
1941#1,35532
1940#1,15040
1939#1,09143
1938#90561
1937#1,14439
1936#1,06243
1935#93755
1934#90557
1933#83464
1932#89961
1931#89959
1930#84072
1929#76483#3,5596
1928#79481
1927#704107
1926#669117
1925#668122
1924#695114
1923#671122
1922#639131
1921#636135
1920#633129#2,76510
1919#565150#4,1685
1918#596142
1917#561145
1916#524157
1915#522145
1914#515118#2,6517
1913#52295
1912#52186
1911#46378
1910#41291
1909#41079
1908#41077
1907#38784
1906#42066
1905#41367
1904#34987
1903#35579
1902#38168
1901#37165
1900#38774
1899#42148
1898#34084
1897#34472
1896#38554
1895#41147
1894#40946
1893#40843
1892#46534
1891#37245
1890#36149
1889#48626
1888#48626
1887#48921
1886#50819
1885#45921
1884#54115
1883#51714
1882#7407
1881#5829
1880#51811
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Era was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1981–1983, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Era is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Era
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 166 spots since 2024 (#2,857#2,691)
  • 855 spots since 2020 (#3,546#2,691)
  • 2,436 spots since 2015 (#5,127#2,691)
  • Biggest jump: 239 spots in 1938 (#1,144#905)
  • Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1939 (#905#1,091)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1898 at #340 (84 births)
  • Births halved by 1937, 39 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1935
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,081
  • Highest: 1 in 3,081 girls born in 1898 were named Era (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 25,114 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 20.3% of all girls named Era (1,207) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s169#459 (1885)#533
1890s522#340 (1898)#392
1900s746#349 (1904)#388
1910s1,207#412 (1910)#520
1920s1,141#633 (1920)#687
1930s554#834 (1933)#952
1940s361#1,150 (1940)#1,418
1950s248#1,820 (1952)#2,174
1960s129#3,033 (1962)#3,973
1970s104#4,038 (1970)#5,612
1980s49#6,319 (1980)#7,997
1990s39#7,742 (1997)#11,737
2000s116#7,391 (2004)#8,661
2010s268#3,552 (2019)#5,393
2020s302#2,691 (2025)#3,227

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Era in 1907

girls
#387
84 births · 1 in 3,792 girls

Top girls' names in 1907

  1. #1Mary17,580
  2. #2Helen7,579
  3. #3Margaret6,713
  4. #4Anna5,575
  5. #5Ruth5,573
  6. #6Dorothy4,967
  7. #7Elizabeth4,624
  8. #8Mildred4,277
  9. #9Alice4,107
  10. #10Marie3,880
  11. #387Era84
More about 1907

girls

318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 3,792 of them was named Era, which outranked 83.9% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Era
  1. #383Hulda86
  2. #385Alvina85
  3. #385Ona85
  4. #387Era84
  5. #387Linnie84
  6. #389Artie83
  7. #389Ester83
  8. #391Berniece82

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. 1,028Lota#1,951#923
  2. 1,028Tula#1,951#923
  3. 961Cleda#1,951#990
  4. 961Ingrid#1,951#990
  5. 961Santa#1,951#990
Fallers
  1. 926Macy#895#1,821
  2. 742Libbie#642#1,384
  3. 736Hertha#776#1,512
  4. 719Zadie#793#1,512
  5. 674Anabel#965#1,639

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1907