Girls' name · since 1990
Erial
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 226 babies named Erial, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,560 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Erial is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 226 have been recorded since 1990.
Erial has 226 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2024.
- #18,560 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 226 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erial ranks #18,560 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 226 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,560 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Erial's 226 recorded births place it above 74.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Erial's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Erial splits its recorded history at 2005: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Erial popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2024
- Peak year (2014)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Erial by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (73 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Erial's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Erial births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 73 births (32% of all-time use).
Erial by state
Where Erial concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 226 births nationwide.
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- Erial's decade-level peak was the 2010s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Erials (5 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 Erial: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1990–2024 (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 Erial 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.