Meaning not yet researched.
Erie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 6 in 2025. Its best rank was #620 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #620 in 1884; #13,731 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Erie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#13,731 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1884, at #620.
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Erie: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 6 girls in 2025. Peak: #620 in 1884 · most girls in one year: 42 (1916).
In 2025, 6 US girls were named Erie, making it the 13,731st most common girls’ name of the year, down 4,616 places from #9,115 in 2024. That is 5 fewer than the 11 girls named Erie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #620, reached in 1884. The most girls given the name in a single year was 42, in 1916. For comparison, it was #15,081 in 2015 and #3,764 in 1950.
Fewer than five US boys were named Erie in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #849, reached in 1888. The most boys given the name in a single year was 81, in 1970. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #2,054 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Erie in 136 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 12 babies. In all, 3,440 US babies have been given the name, 43% of them girls and 57% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 527 babies named Erie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 87 US girls were named Erie; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 16. In 2025 that was about 1 in 267,878 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Irie (3,382 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Iree, Ire and Euri are summarised on this page.
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: Iree (70), Ire (59), Euri (53), Eriah (51), Earie (45), Eurie (15), Iriee (10), Ery (6), Euree (5), Iri (5), Erya (5).
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.
No nicknames listed for Erie in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,731 | — | — |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,115 | — | — |
| 2023 | 16 | #7,030 | — | — |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,187 | — | — |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,610 | — | — |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,549 | — | — |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,293 | — | — |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,753 | — | — |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,677 | — | — |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,116 | — | — |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,081 | — | — |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,512 | — | — |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,217 | — | — |
| 2012 | 5 | #17,696 | — | — |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,617 | — | — |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,851 | — | — |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,254 | 7 | #8,733 |
| 2001 | — | — | 5 | #11,100 |
| 2000 | — | — | 6 | #9,468 |
| 1999 | — | — | 6 | #9,062 |
| 1997 | — | — | 7 | #7,534 |
| 1995 | — | — | 11 | #5,251 |
| 1994 | — | — | 8 | #6,545 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,173 | 13 | #4,530 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,238 | 11 | #4,991 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,958 | 16 | #3,706 |
| 1990 | — | — | 22 | #2,893 |
| 1989 | — | — | 23 | #2,721 |
| 1988 | — | — | 25 | #2,392 |
| 1987 | — | — | 30 | #2,029 |
| 1986 | — | — | 44 | #1,514 |
| 1985 | — | — | 49 | #1,394 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,907 | 30 | #1,854 |
| 1983 | — | — | 33 | #1,724 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,566 | 41 | #1,522 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,891 | 29 | #1,912 |
| 1980 | — | — | 28 | #1,977 |
| 1979 | — | — | 26 | #2,009 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,226 | 37 | #1,546 |
| 1977 | — | — | 47 | #1,324 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,455 | 37 | #1,476 |
| 1975 | — | — | 45 | #1,288 |
| 1974 | — | — | 48 | #1,204 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,707 | 61 | #1,039 |
| 1972 | — | — | 66 | #995 |
| 1971 | — | — | 62 | #1,037 |
| 1970 | — | — | 81 | #895 |
| 1969 | — | — | 49 | #1,115 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,335 | 36 | #1,264 |
| 1967 | — | — | 26 | #1,519 |
| 1966 | — | — | 36 | #1,266 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,450 | 46 | #1,098 |
| 1964 | — | — | 41 | #1,203 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,903 | 36 | #1,313 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,867 | 35 | #1,319 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,853 | 38 | #1,282 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,891 | 36 | #1,324 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,400 | 32 | #1,389 |
| 1958 | — | — | 46 | #1,140 |
| 1957 | — | — | 31 | #1,414 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,566 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,870 | 15 | #2,076 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,376 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,726 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,612 | 24 | #1,560 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,157 | 23 | #1,567 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,764 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,701 | 19 | #1,720 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,201 | 19 | #1,728 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,804 | 16 | #1,943 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,516 | 9 | #2,587 |
| 1945 | — | — | 7 | #2,826 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,477 | 8 | #2,699 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,743 | 11 | #2,316 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,252 | 7 | #3,024 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,343 | — | — |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,462 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,457 | 8 | #2,674 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,633 | 5 | #3,682 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,228 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,073 | 12 | #2,096 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,622 | 11 | #2,290 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,617 | 9 | #2,619 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,200 | 8 | #2,810 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,642 | 7 | #3,179 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,233 | 6 | #3,518 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,543 | — | — |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,967 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,606 | 10 | #2,719 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,961 | 11 | #2,576 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,458 | 7 | #3,492 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,256 | 12 | #2,481 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,828 | 16 | #2,075 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,647 | 11 | #2,667 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,586 | 14 | #2,274 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,686 | — | — |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,386 | 11 | #2,649 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,251 | 13 | #2,297 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,264 | 9 | #2,944 |
| 1917 | 39 | #1,153 | 15 | #2,021 |
| 1916 | 42 | #1,089 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 1915 | 32 | #1,235 | 6 | #3,536 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,275 | 11 | #2,012 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,422 | 8 | #2,144 |
| 1912 | 36 | #836 | — | — |
| 1911 | 20 | #992 | — | — |
| 1910 | 23 | #900 | 5 | #1,668 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,026 | — | — |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,288 | — | — |
| 1907 | 20 | #851 | — | — |
| 1906 | 16 | #931 | 5 | #1,298 |
| 1905 | 15 | #980 | — | — |
| 1904 | 29 | #645 | — | — |
| 1903 | 13 | #995 | — | — |
| 1902 | 21 | #764 | — | — |
| 1901 | 13 | #934 | — | — |
| 1900 | 15 | #988 | — | — |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,128 | — | — |
| 1898 | 18 | #797 | — | — |
| 1897 | 18 | #749 | — | — |
| 1896 | 17 | #797 | — | — |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,339 | — | — |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,088 | — | — |
| 1893 | 21 | #634 | 5 | #1,091 |
| 1892 | 17 | #710 | — | — |
| 1891 | 12 | #811 | — | — |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,257 | — | — |
| 1889 | 12 | #767 | — | — |
| 1888 | 12 | #762 | 7 | #849 |
| 1887 | 8 | #884 | — | — |
| 1886 | 7 | #926 | — | — |
| 1885 | 6 | #961 | — | — |
| 1884 | 12 | #620 | 5 | #1,016 |
| 1883 | 7 | #774 | — | — |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #984 |
| 1880 | 6 | #776 | 6 | #851 |
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).