Unisex name · since 1975
Erion
599 babies named Erion in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,077 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,416 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 599
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Erion currently ranks #8416 among unisex names in America, with 599 babies recorded since 1975.
Erion has 599 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8416 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #7,077 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,416 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 599 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erion ranks #7,077 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,416 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 599 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,077 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,416 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 599
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Erion's 599 recorded births place it above 84.42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Erion compares
599 Top 41% higher than 59% of 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
Erion's all-time total is 62% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Erion | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 599 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 34 | 22,252 |
Erion's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Erion splits its recorded history at 2008: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Erion popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Erion popularity over time - girls
113 total births recorded since 1993 (Erion as girls' name)
Erion by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (228 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Erion's strongest decade.
228 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Erion births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 65
1990s
65 births
- 2000s
2000s
228 births
- 2010s
2010s
197 births
- 2020s
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 228 births (38% of all-time use).
How Erion compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Erion's total volume
Erion by state
Where Erion concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
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What to do with Erion's data
- Erion's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (228 total births) through the 2020s (93) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Erions (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Erion: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Erion 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.