Boys' name · since 2017
Eider
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 742 babies named Eider, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #6,187 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,067 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 742
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
742 babies have been named Eider since 2017, making it today's #1067 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Eider recorded 742 times among boys since 2017, holding rank #1067 nationally today, ahead of 92% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #6,187 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,067 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 742 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eider ranks #6,187 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,067 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 742 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,187 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,067 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 742
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eider's 742 recorded births place it above 86.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Eider compares
742 Top 37% higher than 63% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Eider's all-time total is 101% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eider | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 742 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 217 | 34 | 22,252 |
Eider's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eider's full recorded timeline at 2021, 91% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 9% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 9 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 217 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eider popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 217
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Eider popularity over time - girls
7 total births recorded since 2016 (Eider as girls' name)
Eider by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (706 births, 95% of the file).
2020s was Eider's strongest decade.
706 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 95% of all-time use.
Eider births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 36
2010s
36 births
- 2020s
2020s
706 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 706 births (95% of all-time use).
How Eider compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Eider's total volume
Eider by state
Where Eider concentrates geographically, total births since 2017
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 95 | 12.8% |
| #2 | California | | 86 | 11.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 65 | 8.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 40 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 34 | 4.6% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 29 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 29 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 18 | 2.4% |
95 of 742 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Eider appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Eiders (95 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Eider: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~8 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2017–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eider draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.