Erice — boys' name
234 babies named Erice in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Erice was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Erice in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Erice
The Social Security Administration has registered 234 babies named Erice between 1960 and 1991, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erice currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Erice is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 30 additional births since 1972.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Erice performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Erice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Erice 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 234 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.
Erice at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Erice popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1960
- Peak year (1971)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
234 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 17 births in a single year.
Erice popularity over time — girls
30 total births recorded since 1972 (Erice as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Erice accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Erice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 96 births that decade — 41% of Erice's all-time total
Erice decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Erice's strongest decade
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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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, 1960–1991 (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.