Erie
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 2002 at #8,456
Given to boys 56.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,958since 1880
Erie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #13,208 | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | — | #2,865 | 22 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,020 | 30 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,511 | 44 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,389 | 49 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #1,842 | 30 |
| 1983 | — | #1,711 | 33 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #1,514 | 41 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | — | #1,965 | 28 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,991 | 26 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,537 | 37 |
| 1977 | — | #1,312 | 47 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #1,469 | 37 |
| 1975 | — | #1,280 | 45 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,198 | 48 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #1,037 | 61 |
| 1972 | — | #993 | 66 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,034 | 62 | |
| 1970 | — | #895 | 81 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,110 | 49 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #1,258 | 36 |
| 1967 | — | #1,507 | 26 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,259 | 36 | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #1,094 | 46 |
| 1964 | — | #1,199 | 41 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,305 | 36 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #1,311 | 35 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #1,279 | 38 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #1,320 | 36 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | — | #1,131 | 46 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,411 | 31 | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #1,553 | 23 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #1,535 | 26 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #1,449 | 31 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #1,252 | 39 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #1,637 | 26 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #1,242 | 37 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,255 | 36 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #1,149 | 39 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #1,087 | 42 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,231 | 32 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #833 | 36 | — | |
| 1911 | #982 | 20 | — | |
| 1910 | #896 | 23 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 | — | |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 | — | |
| 1904 | #640 | 29 | — | |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 | — | |
| 1902 | #756 | 21 | — | |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | — | |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 | — | |
| 1897 | #735 | 18 | — | |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | — | |
| 1893 | #630 | 21 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #706 | 17 | — | |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | — | |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | #614 | 12 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | #809 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Erie was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Erie is popular in 1911
No state had 5 or more boys named Erie in 1911, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Erie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1970 (#1,110 → #895)
- Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1971 (#895 → #1,034)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #809 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 17,265 boys born in 1888 were named Erie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 277,359 boys born in 2002 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #809 in 1880, was only 1 in 18,415 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.0% of all boys named Erie (510) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2009, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #809 (1880) | #885 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,035 (1893) | #1,035 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,253 (1906) | #1,253 |
| 1910s | 81 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,278 |
| 1920s | 103 | #2,043 (1924) | #2,550 |
| 1930s | 78 | #2,062 (1936) | #2,702 |
| 1940s | 103 | #1,702 (1949) | #2,369 |
| 1950s | 227 | #1,131 (1958) | #1,753 |
| 1960s | 379 | #1,094 (1965) | #1,264 |
| 1970s | 510 | #895 (1970) | #1,275 |
| 1980s | 332 | #1,389 (1985) | #1,891 |
| 1990s | 94 | #2,865 (1990) | #5,413 |
| 2000s | 18 | #8,456 (2002) | #9,375 |
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.
Erie in 1911
Top girls' names in 1911
More about 1911
girls
418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 20,915 of them was named Erie, which outranked 65.8% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #958Susanne21
- #958Tressa21
- #958Zelpha21
- #982Erie20
- #982Almira20
- #982Alvera20
- #982Alvira20
- #1,007Alvena19
- #1,007America19
- #1,007Burnice19
Tied with 24 names at #982; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.