Girls' name · since 1944
Eraina
Since 1944, U.S. Social Security records show 298 babies named Eraina, peaking in 1945. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,951 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 298
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Eraina is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 298 have been recorded since 1944.
Eraina has 298 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2002.
- #15,951 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 298 born since 1944
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eraina ranks #15,951 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 298 born since 1944, peaking in the 1970s.
- #15,951 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 298
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Eraina's 298 recorded births place it above 77.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Eraina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eraina's full recorded timeline at 1971, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1958, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1945 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eraina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2002
- Peak year (1945)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2002.
298 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1945 with 18 births in a single year.
Eraina by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (89 births, 30% of the file).
1970s was Eraina's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Eraina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
56 births
- 1950s 21
1950s
21 births
- 1960s
1960s
69 births
- 1970s
1970s
89 births
- 1980s
1980s
53 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 89 births (30% of all-time use).
Eraina decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Eraina by state
Where Eraina concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.0% |
6 of 298 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Eraina's data
- Eraina's decade-level peak was the 1970s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Erainas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Eraina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1945)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1944–2002 (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 Eraina 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.
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