Eran — #11108 US boys' name
609 babies named Eran in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
25% of everyone ever named Eran was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Eran in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eran
The Social Security Administration has registered 609 babies named Eran between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eran currently holds the #11108 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Eran is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 87 additional births since 1974.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eran performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Eran shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Eran in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eran in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 609 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Eran at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eran popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (1980)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #11108 among boys.
609 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 20 births in a single year.
Eran popularity over time — girls
87 total births recorded since 1974 (Eran as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Eran accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Eran by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 151 births that decade — 25% of Eran's all-time total
Eran decade highlights
- Peak decade 151 births
- Runner-up 140 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Eran's strongest decade
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Eran by state
Where Eran concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 24 | 3.9% |
24 of 609 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.