Erich — #5654 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Erich

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,660 babies named Erich between 1894 and 2024, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erich currently holds the #5654 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 343 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erich performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 2,643 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Erich shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,273 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Erich in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erich 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 11,660 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.