Erie
Erie was last recorded in 2025, when 6 babies were given it; 3,440 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2025 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,750 Americans named Erie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (51% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 42 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Erie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Erie?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,726, in 2002; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
81 babies in 1970, the peak
Erie peaked in 1970, when 81 boys were given it, #895 among boys’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,727 | under 5 | |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,110 | under 5 | |
| 2023 | 16 | #7,025 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,182 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,605 | under 5 | |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,544 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,287 | under 5 | |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,748 | under 5 | |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,672 | under 5 | |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,111 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | #15,076 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,506 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,212 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 5 | #17,689 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,609 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,842 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,248 | 7 | #8,726 |
| 2001 | under 5 | 5 | #11,092 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 6 | #9,460 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 6 | #9,055 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 7 | #7,528 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 11 | #5,245 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 8 | #6,539 | |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,167 | 13 | #4,524 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,231 | 11 | #4,984 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,951 | 16 | #3,699 |
| 1990 | under 5 | 22 | #2,887 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 23 | #2,715 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 25 | #2,387 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 30 | #2,025 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 44 | #1,513 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 49 | #1,393 | |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,902 | 30 | #1,853 |
| 1983 | under 5 | 33 | #1,723 | |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,564 | 41 | #1,521 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,889 | 29 | #1,911 |
| 1980 | under 5 | 28 | #1,977 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 26 | #2,009 | |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,224 | 37 | #1,546 |
| 1977 | under 5 | 47 | #1,324 | |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,453 | 37 | #1,475 |
| 1975 | under 5 | 45 | #1,288 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 48 | #1,204 | |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,705 | 61 | #1,039 |
| 1972 | under 5 | 66 | #995 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 62 | #1,037 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 81 | #895 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 49 | #1,115 | |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,333 | 36 | #1,264 |
| 1967 | under 5 | 26 | #1,518 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 36 | #1,265 | |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,449 | 46 | #1,098 |
| 1964 | under 5 | 41 | #1,202 | |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,902 | 36 | #1,312 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,866 | 35 | #1,318 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,852 | 38 | #1,281 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,890 | 36 | #1,323 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,399 | 32 | #1,388 |
| 1958 | under 5 | 46 | #1,139 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 31 | #1,413 | |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,565 | 13 | #2,308 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,869 | 15 | #2,075 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,375 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,725 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,610 | 24 | #1,559 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,156 | 23 | #1,566 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,762 | 14 | #2,053 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,700 | 19 | #1,719 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,200 | 19 | #1,727 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,803 | 16 | #1,942 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,515 | 9 | #2,586 |
| 1945 | under 5 | 7 | #2,825 | |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,475 | 8 | #2,698 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,742 | 11 | #2,315 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,250 | 7 | #3,023 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,341 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,461 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,456 | 8 | #2,674 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,632 | 5 | #3,681 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,228 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,073 | 12 | #2,096 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,620 | 11 | #2,290 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,616 | 9 | #2,619 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,199 | 8 | #2,809 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,641 | 7 | #3,178 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,232 | 6 | #3,517 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,542 | under 5 | |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,966 | 11 | #2,484 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,605 | 10 | #2,719 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,960 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,457 | 7 | #3,490 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,256 | 12 | #2,479 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,827 | 16 | #2,075 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,647 | 11 | #2,666 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,586 | 14 | #2,273 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,686 | under 5 | |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,386 | 11 | #2,648 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,251 | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,264 | 9 | #2,943 |
| 1917 | 39 | #1,153 | 15 | #2,020 |
| 1916 | 42 | #1,089 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1915 | 32 | #1,235 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,275 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,422 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1912 | 36 | #836 | under 5 | |
| 1911 | 20 | #992 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 23 | #900 | 5 | #1,667 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,026 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,288 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 20 | #851 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 16 | #931 | 5 | #1,297 |
| 1905 | 15 | #980 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 29 | #645 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 13 | #995 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 21 | #764 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 13 | #934 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 15 | #988 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,127 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 18 | #797 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 18 | #749 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 17 | #797 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,339 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,088 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | 21 | #634 | 5 | #1,090 |
| 1892 | 17 | #710 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | 12 | #811 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,256 | under 5 | |
| 1889 | 12 | #767 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 12 | #762 | 7 | #849 |
| 1887 | 8 | #884 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | 7 | #926 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | 6 | #961 | under 5 | |
| 1884 | 12 | #620 | 5 | #1,016 |
| 1883 | 7 | #774 | under 5 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 5 | #983 | |
| 1880 | 6 | #776 | 6 | #851 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Erie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,440 Americans recorded as Erie, 43% are girls and 57% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Erie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Erie, and how old are they?
1,750 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 51% of the 3,440 Americans ever recorded as Erie. The median Erie alive today is 54 years old; half are between 42 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 773 people named Erie (366 women and girls, 407 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,858 born in the U.S. The Census count is 58% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 81 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 443 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 671 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 395 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 50 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 105 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Erie born?
The states with the most babies named Erie are New York, California and Texas, with 54% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 100 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| California | 98 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Texas | 55 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Mississippi | 38 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Alabama | 28 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Kentucky | 21 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 20 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 17 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Erie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 3,503 babies since 1880, Erie is the most given (98% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Erie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Chesley | 2,919 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Erie and names like it
- Compare Erie and EroBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sErie peaked in 1970.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Erie since 1910.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Erie.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Erie alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with EMost given first.