Eric

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #273 for boys in 2025, 1,256 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#13
1976 · 21,359 births
Debut · boys
1880
10 births
In top 100 · boys
61 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
888,891
since 1880

Eric over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #13, 1976boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2731,256
2024—#2521,406
2023—#2271,547
2022—#2291,561
2021—#2131,790
2020—#1981,917
2019—#1762,205
2018—#1602,410
2017—#1432,782
2016#16,2155#1422,930
2015#16,4195#1383,046
2014#16,5135#1223,323
2013#10,23510#1183,265
2012—#1073,637
2011—#1043,751
2010#13,4487#954,201
2009#13,7047#954,646
2008#12,5798#865,377
2007#10,81810#835,959
2006#9,90111#776,232
2005#8,88312#666,697
2004#4,60129#617,133
2003#6,88516#567,787
2002#6,39217#527,928
2001#7,72413#448,559
2000#4,52726#429,162
1999#4,87022#399,382
1998#4,95521#399,964
1997#3,16137#3510,317
1996#3,23736#3511,611
1995#3,02238#3212,485
1994#2,41253#3013,311
1993#2,53349#2914,548
1992#2,31856#2616,145
1991#1,91373#2518,051
1990#1,81379#2419,430
1989#1,339115#2118,977
1988#996165#1920,175
1987#993158#2120,203
1986#1,018150#2219,528
1985#950163#2120,844
1984#974148#2220,955
1983#954154#2020,347
1982#1,053137#2019,878
1981#1,060134#1720,712
1980#966153#1622,611
1979#1,010141#1720,268
1978#939150#1619,761
1977#1,060124#1720,745
1976#956133#1321,359
1975#990124#1319,793
1974#908139#1320,193
1973#934130#1320,802
1972#1,000118#1622,027
1971#938137#1822,962
1970#891148#1823,571
1969#940128#2120,747
1968#1,23179#2218,501
1967#1,09790#2317,830
1966#1,18981#2516,475
1965#1,32368#2516,826
1964#1,49757#3214,567
1963#1,75443#3113,278
1962#1,78241#3312,348
1961#1,74243#3811,111
1960#2,30726#4410,539
1959#1,88135#469,726
1958#2,58120#508,190
1957#2,65119#606,621
1956#3,32113#795,252
1955#4,7407#854,660
1954#4,6557#894,169
1953#3,26912#893,929
1952#2,67116#883,989
1951#3,28411#933,664
1950#3,6629#983,095
1949#5,2445#1052,768
1948#5,2435#1142,491
1947#5,2955#1222,344
1946—#1341,820
1945—#1531,351
1944—#1581,195
1943—#1611,170
1942#3,7387#182866
1941—#199703
1940—#249482
1939—#258432
1938—#286370
1937—#309299
1936—#310296
1935—#320288
1934—#340259
1933—#351234
1932—#399199
1931—#385213
1930—#408206
1929—#406205
1928—#403221
1927—#419208
1926—#409214
1925—#410211
1924—#406228
1923—#463175
1922—#424200
1921—#458179
1920—#445186
1919—#426190
1918—#412202
1917—#413186
1916—#447155
1915—#436155
1914—#394145
1913—#413109
1912—#39993
1911—#49735
1910—#42141
1909—#43633
1908—#43830
1907—#49522
1906—#36333
1905—#46323
1904—#58715
1903—#32234
1902—#38826
1901—#37125
1900—#51821
1899—#45717
1898—#35030
1897—#33930
1896—#38825
1895—#43720
1894—#41920
1893—#53813
1892—#45818
1891—#41118
1890—#53313
1889—#38821
1888—#55413
1887—#54411
1886—#60510
1885—#46216
1884—#54712
1883—#55611
1882—#6529
1881—#5959
1880—#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Eric was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.

See more about Eric
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 21 spots since 2024 (#252 → #273)
  • 75 spots since 2020 (#198 → #273)
  • 135 spots since 2015 (#138 → #273)
  • Biggest jump: 166 spots in 1889 (#554 → #388)
  • Biggest drop: 265 spots in 1904 (#322 → #587)
Rise & fade · boys
96 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1976 at #13 (21,359 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 61 yrs · run 1950–2010
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 73
  • Highest: 1 in 73 boys born in 1976 were named Eric (1.4%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,360 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 23.8% of all boys named Eric (211,481) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s122#388 (1889)#550
1890s204#339 (1897)#433
1900s262#322 (1903)#438
1910s1,311#394 (1914)#426
1920s2,027#403 (1928)#424
1930s2,796#258 (1939)#337
1940s15,190#105 (1949)#158
1950s53,295#46 (1959)#78
1960s152,222#21 (1969)#29
1970s211,481#13 (1976)#15
1980s204,230#16 (1980)#20
1990s135,244#24 (1990)#31
2000s69,480#42 (2000)#66
2010s31,550#95 (2010)#131
2020s9,477#198 (2020)#232

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

Eric in 1972

girls
#1,000
118 births · 1 in 12,892 girls
boys
#16
22,027 births · 1 in 74 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #1,000Eric118

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #16Eric22,027
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 12,892 of them was named Eric, which outranked 89.7% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eric
  1. #996Francis119
  2. #996Jayme119
  3. #996Matthew119
  4. #1,000Eric118
  5. #1,000Kecia118
  6. #1,000Keshia118
  7. #1,000Kevin118
  8. #1,006Glenna117
  9. #1,006Kyra117
  10. #1,006Michaela117

Tied with 5 names at #1,000; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 74 of them was named Eric, which outranked 99.7% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eric
  1. #13Kevin22,354
  2. #14Richard22,302
  3. #15Daniel22,092
  4. #16Eric22,027
  5. #17Jeffrey21,677
  6. #18Mark21,490
  7. #19Steven19,851
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →