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

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Peak · boys
1880 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,958
since 1880

Erie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #614, 1884peak #809, 1880girlsboys
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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#13,2086
2024#8,94611
2023#6,92216
2022#8,03213
2021#12,2067
2020#12,1427
2019#15,5395
2018#11,4278
2017#14,1246
2016#11,7818
2015#14,4826
2014#13,0697
2013#14,5826
2012#16,8695
2011#16,7645
2010#16,9925
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002#15,4325#8,4567
2001#10,5565
2000#9,1126
1999#8,7046
1998
1997#7,2817
1996
1995#5,12411
1994#6,3728
1993#13,4425#4,44713
1992#11,7386#4,87211
1991#11,5096#3,63616
1990#2,86522
1989#2,69023
1988#2,36725
1987#2,02030
1986#1,51144
1985#1,38949
1984#10,4225#1,84230
1983#1,71133
1982#9,2376#1,51441
1981#10,4115#1,89929
1980#1,96528
1979#1,99126
1978#9,7505#1,53737
1977#1,31247
1976#8,1566#1,46937
1975#1,28045
1974#1,19848
1973#7,4356#1,03761
1972#99366
1971#1,03462
1970#89581
1969#1,11049
1968#7,0165#1,25836
1967#1,50726
1966#1,25936
1965#5,2897#1,09446
1964#1,19941
1963#6,5925#1,30536
1962#6,5785#1,31135
1961#6,5675#1,27938
1960#4,7738#1,32036
1959#4,3009#1,38732
1958#1,13146
1957#1,41131
1956#4,4678#2,26313
1955#4,7407#2,04815
1954#3,32512#1,88717
1953#2,69916#2,28712
1952#4,4837#1,54724
1951#3,10612#1,55323
1950#3,6629#2,01914
1949#3,6129#1,70219
1948#3,13711#1,70319
1947#2,76914#1,91616
1946#2,48215#2,5349
1945#2,7437
1944#3,3788#2,6338
1943#2,69512#2,27711
1942#3,1949#2,9407
1941#3,2528
1940#2,42412#2,8717
1939#2,41712#2,6098
1938#2,57911#3,5345
1937#2,19614#2,08812
1936#2,03215#2,06212
1935#2,57511#2,24611
1934#2,56711#2,5639
1933#3,1098#2,7388
1932#1,63422#3,0927
1931#2,20514#3,3906
1930#1,53526
1929#1,95318#2,45211
1928#1,58926#2,65910
1927#1,93520#2,52311
1926#1,44931#3,3857
1925#1,25239#2,43512
1924#1,81123#2,04316
1923#1,63726#2,61411
1922#1,57528#2,24014
1921#1,66826
1920#1,37533#2,60211
1919#1,24237#2,26513
1918#1,25536#2,8829
1917#1,14939#1,98615
1916#1,08742#2,04314
1915#1,23132#3,3926
1914#1,26224#1,97511
1913#1,40517#2,0928
1912#83336
1911#98220
1910#89623#1,5895
1909#1,01516
1908#1,26111
1907#84020
1906#91716#1,2535
1905#96815
1904#64029
1903#96913
1902#75621
1901#91813
1900#97015
1899#1,0999
1898#79018
1897#73518
1896#79017
1895#1,2997
1894#1,0619
1893#63021#1,0355
1892#70617
1891#79612
1890#1,2106
1889#75712
1888#75312#8157
1887#8608
1886#8977
1885#9216
1884#61412#9715
1883#7547
1882#9435
1881
1880#7386#8096
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Erie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #809 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · 1880–1972
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,265
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 26.0% of all boys named Erie (510) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2010
  • Mostly boys until 2009, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23#809 (1880)#885
1890s5#1,035 (1893)#1,035
1900s5#1,253 (1906)#1,253
1910s81#1,589 (1910)#2,278
1920s103#2,043 (1924)#2,550
1930s78#2,062 (1936)#2,702
1940s103#1,702 (1949)#2,369
1950s227#1,131 (1958)#1,753
1960s379#1,094 (1965)#1,264
1970s510#895 (1970)#1,275
1980s332#1,389 (1985)#1,891
1990s94#2,865 (1990)#5,413
2000s18#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 1961

girls
#6,567
5 births · 1 in 403,699 girls
boys
#1,279
38 births · 1 in 55,900 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #6,567Erie5

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #1,279Erie38
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 403,699 of them was named Erie, which outranked 12.8% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Erie
  1. #5,851Ysabel6
  2. #5,851Zenita6
  3. #5,851Zonda6
  4. #6,567Erie5
  5. #6,567Abelina5
  6. #6,567Abigale5
  7. #6,567Adline5

Tied with 960 names at #6,567; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 997Corinna#1,811#814
  2. 789Sabra#1,637#848
  3. 745Velvet#1,286#541
  4. 601Johnna#1,043#442
  5. 600Damita#1,597#997
Fallers
  1. 317Sheena#980#1,297
  2. 253Lita#909#1,162
  3. 241Jannette#970#1,211
  4. 229Francisca#939#1,168
  5. 214Andra#822#1,036

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

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 55,900 of them was named Erie, which outranked 72.5% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Erie
  1. #1,262Ritchie39
  2. #1,262Rojelio39
  3. #1,262Shelly39
  4. #1,279Erie38
  5. #1,279Andreas38
  6. #1,279Blain38
  7. #1,279Damien38
  8. #1,303Alvis37
  9. #1,303Enrico37
  10. #1,303Furman37

Tied with 23 names at #1,279; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 3,171Parrish#4,038#867
  2. 589Brook#1,252#663
  3. 467Osvaldo#1,434#967
  4. 426Shayne#1,152#726
  5. 367Pernell#1,295#928
Fallers
  1. 425Wayde#672#1,097
  2. 380Yancy#923#1,303
  3. 301Jonas#905#1,206
  4. 264Tobin#833#1,097
  5. 253Keenan#748#1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961