Eric — #252 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Eric

The Social Security Administration has registered 887,636 babies named Eric between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eric currently holds the #252 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 23,573 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Eric performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 211,494 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Eric shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 114,565 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Eric in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Eric 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 887,636 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.