Meaning not yet researched.
Eric: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,256 in 2025. Its best rank was #13 in 1976.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #13 in 1976; #273 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Eric in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#273 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1976, at #13.
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Eric: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,256 boys in 2025. Peak: #13 in 1976 · most boys in one year: 23,571 (1970).
In 2025, 1,256 US boys were named Eric, making it the 273rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 21 places from #252 in 2024. That is 150 fewer than the 1,406 boys named Eric in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #13, reached in 1976. The most boys given the name in a single year was 23,571, in 1970. For comparison, it was #138 in 2015 and #98 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Eric in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 10 babies with the name. In all, 893,184 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 212,825 babies named Eric.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 19,804 US boys were named Eric; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,930. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,360 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Eric ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #183 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Henry (773,564 babies since 1880), Harold (554,280 babies since 1880), Harry (425,883 babies since 1880) and Erik (158,126 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Errick, Eryk and Harald are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Rick and Ricky.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Errick (1,326), Eryk (1,053), Harald (811), Erek (671), Heinz (649), Henrique (643), Heinrich (526), Henryk (450), Eirik (362), Erric (336), Erice (264), Eryck (169), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 12 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 5 | #183 | #61 |
| Mississippi | 16 | #191 | #186 |
| Louisiana | 26 | #200 | #128 |
| Washington | 41 | #202 | #167 |
| California | 177 | #212 | #95 |
| Idaho | 11 | #236 | — |
| Texas | 159 | #245 | #126 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #245 | #158 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | #249 | #128 |
| New York | 76 | #256 | #115 |
| South Carolina | 22 | #258 | #129 |
| Virginia | 33 | #263 | #122 |
| Georgia | 45 | #273 | #127 |
| Pennsylvania | 43 | #273 | #128 |
| Maryland | 20 | #276 | #116 |
| Oregon | 15 | #284 | #185 |
| Florida | 70 | #286 | #125 |
| Connecticut | 11 | #288 | #114 |
| North Carolina | 43 | #289 | #160 |
| Ohio | 42 | #291 | #191 |
| Arkansas | 12 | #291 | #189 |
| Illinois | 36 | #298 | #143 |
| Tennessee | 29 | #300 | #169 |
| Indiana | 26 | #303 | #137 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #308 | #331 |
| Michigan | 30 | #315 | #146 |
| New Jersey | 27 | #316 | #119 |
| Utah | 15 | #318 | #231 |
| Arizona | 24 | #325 | #165 |
| Missouri | 20 | #332 | #161 |
| Kansas | 11 | #336 | #167 |
| Colorado | 18 | #352 | #184 |
| Iowa | 10 | #354 | #162 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | #359 | #184 |
| Kentucky | 14 | #361 | #232 |
| Nevada | 8 | #372 | #158 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | #419 | #237 |
| Alabama | 12 | #431 | #146 |
| Minnesota | 10 | #530 | #257 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,256 | #273 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,406 | #252 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,547 | #227 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,561 | #229 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,790 | #213 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,917 | #198 |
| 2019 | — | — | 2,205 | #176 |
| 2018 | — | — | 2,410 | #160 |
| 2017 | — | — | 2,782 | #143 |
| 2016 | 5 | #17,060 | 2,930 | #142 |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,272 | 3,046 | #138 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,357 | 3,323 | #122 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,502 | 3,265 | #118 |
| 2012 | — | — | 3,637 | #107 |
| 2011 | — | — | 3,751 | #104 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,925 | 4,201 | #95 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,153 | 4,646 | #95 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,971 | 5,377 | #86 |
| 2007 | 10 | #11,085 | 5,959 | #83 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,123 | 6,232 | #77 |
| 2005 | 12 | #9,064 | 6,697 | #66 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,638 | 7,133 | #61 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,984 | 7,787 | #56 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,485 | 7,928 | #52 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,874 | 8,559 | #44 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,566 | 9,162 | #42 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,916 | 9,382 | #39 |
| 1998 | 21 | #5,011 | 9,964 | #39 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,180 | 10,317 | #35 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,255 | 11,611 | #35 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,040 | 12,485 | #32 |
| 1994 | 53 | #2,423 | 13,311 | #30 |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,545 | 14,548 | #29 |
| 1992 | 56 | #2,328 | 16,145 | #26 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,919 | 18,051 | #25 |
| 1990 | 79 | #1,817 | 19,430 | #24 |
| 1989 | 115 | #1,343 | 18,977 | #21 |
| 1988 | 165 | #997 | 20,175 | #19 |
| 1987 | 158 | #994 | 20,203 | #21 |
| 1986 | 150 | #1,019 | 19,528 | #22 |
| 1985 | 163 | #953 | 20,844 | #21 |
| 1984 | 148 | #977 | 20,955 | #22 |
| 1983 | 154 | #954 | 20,347 | #20 |
| 1982 | 137 | #1,053 | 19,878 | #20 |
| 1981 | 134 | #1,061 | 20,712 | #17 |
| 1980 | 153 | #967 | 22,611 | #16 |
| 1979 | 141 | #1,010 | 20,268 | #17 |
| 1978 | 150 | #942 | 19,761 | #16 |
| 1977 | 124 | #1,061 | 20,745 | #17 |
| 1976 | 133 | #957 | 21,359 | #13 |
| 1975 | 124 | #991 | 19,793 | #13 |
| 1974 | 139 | #910 | 20,193 | #13 |
| 1973 | 130 | #936 | 20,802 | #13 |
| 1972 | 118 | #1,000 | 22,027 | #16 |
| 1971 | 137 | #940 | 22,962 | #18 |
| 1970 | 148 | #893 | 23,571 | #18 |
| 1969 | 128 | #940 | 20,747 | #21 |
| 1968 | 79 | #1,232 | 18,501 | #22 |
| 1967 | 90 | #1,097 | 17,830 | #23 |
| 1966 | 81 | #1,193 | 16,475 | #25 |
| 1965 | 68 | #1,328 | 16,826 | #25 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,501 | 14,567 | #32 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,765 | 13,278 | #31 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,794 | 12,348 | #33 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,751 | 11,111 | #38 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,326 | 10,539 | #44 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,894 | 9,726 | #46 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,600 | 8,190 | #50 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,681 | 6,621 | #60 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,392 | 5,252 | #79 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,869 | 4,660 | #85 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,810 | 4,169 | #89 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,326 | 3,929 | #89 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,713 | 3,989 | #88 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,337 | 3,664 | #93 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,763 | 3,095 | #98 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,483 | 2,768 | #105 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,490 | 2,491 | #114 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,561 | 2,344 | #122 |
| 1946 | — | — | 1,820 | #134 |
| 1945 | — | — | 1,351 | #153 |
| 1944 | — | — | 1,195 | #158 |
| 1943 | — | — | 1,170 | #161 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,855 | 866 | #182 |
| 1941 | — | — | 703 | #199 |
| 1940 | — | — | 482 | #249 |
| 1939 | — | — | 432 | #258 |
| 1938 | — | — | 370 | #286 |
| 1937 | — | — | 299 | #310 |
| 1936 | — | — | 296 | #310 |
| 1935 | — | — | 288 | #321 |
| 1934 | — | — | 259 | #340 |
| 1933 | — | — | 234 | #352 |
| 1932 | — | — | 199 | #401 |
| 1931 | — | — | 213 | #386 |
| 1930 | — | — | 206 | #408 |
| 1929 | — | — | 205 | #408 |
| 1928 | — | — | 221 | #403 |
| 1927 | — | — | 208 | #419 |
| 1926 | — | — | 214 | #410 |
| 1925 | — | — | 211 | #411 |
| 1924 | — | — | 228 | #406 |
| 1923 | — | — | 175 | #463 |
| 1922 | — | — | 200 | #424 |
| 1921 | — | — | 179 | #459 |
| 1920 | — | — | 186 | #445 |
| 1919 | — | — | 190 | #426 |
| 1918 | — | — | 202 | #412 |
| 1917 | — | — | 186 | #413 |
| 1916 | — | — | 155 | #448 |
| 1915 | — | — | 155 | #437 |
| 1914 | — | — | 145 | #394 |
| 1913 | — | — | 109 | #413 |
| 1912 | — | — | 93 | #399 |
| 1911 | — | — | 35 | #499 |
| 1910 | — | — | 41 | #424 |
| 1909 | — | — | 33 | #439 |
| 1908 | — | — | 30 | #440 |
| 1907 | — | — | 22 | #498 |
| 1906 | — | — | 33 | #369 |
| 1905 | — | — | 23 | #467 |
| 1904 | — | — | 15 | #592 |
| 1903 | — | — | 34 | #323 |
| 1902 | — | — | 26 | #394 |
| 1901 | — | — | 25 | #375 |
| 1900 | — | — | 21 | #520 |
| 1899 | — | — | 17 | #461 |
| 1898 | — | — | 30 | #355 |
| 1897 | — | — | 30 | #341 |
| 1896 | — | — | 25 | #390 |
| 1895 | — | — | 20 | #442 |
| 1894 | — | — | 20 | #425 |
| 1893 | — | — | 13 | #550 |
| 1892 | — | — | 18 | #466 |
| 1891 | — | — | 18 | #418 |
| 1890 | — | — | 13 | #545 |
| 1889 | — | — | 21 | #392 |
| 1888 | — | — | 13 | #562 |
| 1887 | — | — | 11 | #559 |
| 1886 | — | — | 10 | #617 |
| 1885 | — | — | 16 | #467 |
| 1884 | — | — | 12 | #555 |
| 1883 | — | — | 11 | #569 |
| 1882 | — | — | 9 | #668 |
| 1881 | — | — | 9 | #619 |
| 1880 | — | — | 10 | #614 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).