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
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 84 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,955since 1880
Era over time
Rank among girls' names. Era has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,691 | 64 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,857 | 58 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #3,709 | 41 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #3,220 | 50 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,339 | 47 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,546 | 42 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #3,552 | 43 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,191 | 27 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,949 | 29 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,071 | 25 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,885 | 27 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,967 | 24 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #1,520 | 37 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,357 | 46 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,481 | 35 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,292 | 38 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,315 | 37 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,249 | 41 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,355 | 32 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,150 | 40 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,091 | 43 | — | |
| 1938 | #905 | 61 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,144 | 39 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,062 | 43 | — | |
| 1935 | #937 | 55 | — | |
| 1934 | #905 | 57 | — | |
| 1933 | #834 | 64 | — | |
| 1932 | #899 | 61 | — | |
| 1931 | #899 | 59 | — | |
| 1930 | #840 | 72 | — | |
| 1929 | #764 | 83 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #794 | 81 | — | |
| 1927 | #704 | 107 | — | |
| 1926 | #669 | 117 | — | |
| 1925 | #668 | 122 | — | |
| 1924 | #695 | 114 | — | |
| 1923 | #671 | 122 | — | |
| 1922 | #639 | 131 | — | |
| 1921 | #636 | 135 | — | |
| 1920 | #633 | 129 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #565 | 150 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #596 | 142 | — | |
| 1917 | #561 | 145 | — | |
| 1916 | #524 | 157 | — | |
| 1915 | #522 | 145 | — | |
| 1914 | #515 | 118 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #522 | 95 | — | |
| 1912 | #521 | 86 | — | |
| 1911 | #463 | 78 | — | |
| 1910 | #412 | 91 | — | |
| 1909 | #410 | 79 | — | |
| 1908 | #410 | 77 | — | |
| 1907 | #387 | 84 | — | |
| 1906 | #420 | 66 | — | |
| 1905 | #413 | 67 | — | |
| 1904 | #349 | 87 | — | |
| 1903 | #355 | 79 | — | |
| 1902 | #381 | 68 | — | |
| 1901 | #371 | 65 | — | |
| 1900 | #387 | 74 | — | |
| 1899 | #421 | 48 | — | |
| 1898 | #340 | 84 | — | |
| 1897 | #344 | 72 | — | |
| 1896 | #385 | 54 | — | |
| 1895 | #411 | 47 | — | |
| 1894 | #409 | 46 | — | |
| 1893 | #408 | 43 | — | |
| 1892 | #465 | 34 | — | |
| 1891 | #372 | 45 | — | |
| 1890 | #361 | 49 | — | |
| 1889 | #486 | 26 | — | |
| 1888 | #486 | 26 | — | |
| 1887 | #489 | 21 | — | |
| 1886 | #508 | 19 | — | |
| 1885 | #459 | 21 | — | |
| 1884 | #541 | 15 | — | |
| 1883 | #517 | 14 | — | |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | — | |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | — | |
| 1880 | #518 | 11 | — | |
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.
See more about Era
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1898 at #340 (84 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 39 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1935
- 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%)
- 20.3% of all girls named Era (1,207) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 169 | #459 (1885) | #533 |
| 1890s | 522 | #340 (1898) | #392 |
| 1900s | 746 | #349 (1904) | #388 |
| 1910s | 1,207 | #412 (1910) | #520 |
| 1920s | 1,141 | #633 (1920) | #687 |
| 1930s | 554 | #834 (1933) | #952 |
| 1940s | 361 | #1,150 (1940) | #1,418 |
| 1950s | 248 | #1,820 (1952) | #2,174 |
| 1960s | 129 | #3,033 (1962) | #3,973 |
| 1970s | 104 | #4,038 (1970) | #5,612 |
| 1980s | 49 | #6,319 (1980) | #7,997 |
| 1990s | 39 | #7,742 (1997) | #11,737 |
| 2000s | 116 | #7,391 (2004) | #8,661 |
| 2010s | 268 | #3,552 (2019) | #5,393 |
| 2020s | 302 | #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 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 7,534 of them was named Era, which outranked 89.8% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 196,024 of them was named Era, which outranked 13.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 642 names at #4,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.