Eri — #3281 US unisex name
477 babies named Eri in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 81% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Eri was born in this single decade.
48 babies were named Eri in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eri
The Social Security Administration has registered 477 babies named Eri between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eri currently holds the #3281 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 48 babies received it in a single year. Eri is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 385 additional births since 1963.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eri performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Eri shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Eri in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eri 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 477 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.
Eri at a glance
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Current rank
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Eri popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (2024)
- 48
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #3281 among girls.
477 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 48 births in a single year.
Eri popularity over time — boys
385 total births recorded since 1963 (Eri as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Eri accounts for 45% of total recorded use across both genders.
Eri by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 174 births that decade — 36% of Eri's all-time total
Eri decade highlights
- Peak decade 174 births
- Runner-up 112 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Eri's strongest decade
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Eri by state
Where Eri concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 39 | 8.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 6 | 1.3% |
39 of 477 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.2% of nationwide
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.2% 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, 1972–2024 (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.