Era
Era was given to 64 girls in 2025, #2,704 among girls’ names; 6,009 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,530 Americans named Era and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 41 years old and half are between 8 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Era by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Era?
#2,704 among girls’ names, 2025
Era rose from #5,173 in 2015 to #2,704 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 14.6 to 39.8 per million.
157 babies in 1916, the peak
Era peaked in 1916, when 157 girls were given it, #526 among girls’ names. The 64 births of 2025 are 41% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,704 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,865 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,728 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,235 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,356 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,566 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,568 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,948 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,601 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,188 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 26 | #5,173 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,853 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,090 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,416 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,655 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,019 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,175 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,515 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,668 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,830 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,026 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,516 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,241 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,442 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,043 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,192 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,932 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,192 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,254 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,229 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,634 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,254 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,245 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,287 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,597 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,595 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,434 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,509 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,298 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,612 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,968 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,382 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,809 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,703 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,608 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,371 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,102 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,363 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,331 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,635 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,798 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,802 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,749 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,104 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,078 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,361 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,405 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,204 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,598 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,587 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,655 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,235 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,956 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 25 | #2,088 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,833 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,896 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,844 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,975 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,523 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,363 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,484 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,296 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,321 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,501 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,252 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,361 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,155 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 43 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 61 | #906 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,147 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 43 | #1,070 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 55 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 57 | #908 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 64 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 61 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 59 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 72 | #840 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 83 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 81 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 107 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 117 | #669 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 122 | #670 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 114 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 122 | #672 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 131 | #640 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 135 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1920 | 129 | #635 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 150 | #565 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 142 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 145 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 157 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1915 | 145 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1914 | 118 | #515 | 0.15 |
| 1913 | 95 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1912 | 86 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1911 | 78 | #463 | 0.19 |
| 1910 | 91 | #414 | 0.23 |
| 1909 | 79 | #411 | 0.23 |
| 1908 | 77 | #411 | 0.23 |
| 1907 | 84 | #387 | 0.26 |
| 1906 | 66 | #422 | 0.22 |
| 1905 | 67 | #416 | 0.23 |
| 1904 | 87 | #349 | 0.32 |
| 1903 | 79 | #355 | 0.30 |
| 1902 | 68 | #382 | 0.26 |
| 1901 | 65 | #371 | 0.27 |
| 1900 | 74 | #387 | 0.25 |
| 1899 | 48 | #423 | 0.21 |
| 1898 | 84 | #340 | 0.32 |
| 1897 | 72 | #344 | 0.31 |
| 1896 | 54 | #385 | 0.23 |
| 1895 | 47 | #413 | 0.20 |
| 1894 | 46 | #410 | 0.21 |
| 1893 | 43 | #408 | 0.20 |
| 1892 | 34 | #467 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 45 | #372 | 0.24 |
| 1890 | 49 | #363 | 0.26 |
| 1889 | 26 | #488 | 0.15 |
| 1888 | 26 | #492 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 21 | #492 | 0.14 |
| 1886 | 19 | #513 | 0.13 |
| 1885 | 21 | #461 | 0.16 |
| 1884 | 15 | #548 | 0.12 |
| 1883 | 14 | #527 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 7 | #764 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 9 | #594 | 0.10 |
| 1880 | 11 | #528 | 0.12 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Era a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Era has been given almost only to girls: 54 boys in 137 years of records.
Girls and boys named Era: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Era, and how old are they?
1,530 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 26% of the 6,009 Americans ever recorded as Era. The median Era alive today is 41 years old; half are between 8 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 1,680 people named Era (1,596 women and girls, 84 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,505 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 234 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 354 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 155 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 59 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 185 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 533 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Era born?
The states with the most babies named Era are Alabama, Texas and Georgia, with 58% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 636 | not ranked | 5.3× |
| Texas | 630 | #3,459 | 2.2× |
| Georgia | 275 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Tennessee | 228 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Mississippi | 208 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Arkansas | 142 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Louisiana | 117 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| North Carolina | 112 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New York | 82 | #919 | 0.2× |
| Kentucky | 67 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Era is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Era is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 5.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Era with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 9,728 babies since 1880, Era is the most given (62% of them). In 2025 it was given to 64 of their 235 babies (27%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Era
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Era and names like it
- Compare Era and EuraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sEra peaked in 1916.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Era since 1910.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Era.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Era alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.