Unisex name · since 1996
Erian
192 babies named Erian in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,207 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,321 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 192
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
192 babies have been named Erian since 1996, making it today's #5321 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Erian recorded 192 times among boys since 1996, holding rank #5321 nationally today, ahead of 62% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #13,207 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,321 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 192 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erian ranks #13,207 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,321 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 192 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,207 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,321 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 192
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Erian's 192 recorded births place it above 70.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Erian compares
192 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Erian's all-time total is 48% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Erian | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 192 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Erian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Erian's full recorded timeline at 2014, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Erian popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Erian popularity over time - girls
159 total births recorded since 1996 (Erian as girls' name)
Erian by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (99 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Erian's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Erian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 34
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
99 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 99 births (52% of all-time use).
Erian by state
Where Erian concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 192 births nationwide.
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What to do with Erian's data
- Erian's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (99 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Erians (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 Erian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Erian 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.