Unisex name · since 1913

Eris

2,805 babies named Eris in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#3,754 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,628 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
2,805
born since 1913
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Eris is the #1628 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 2,805 recorded since 1913.

Eris has 2,805 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1628 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.

  • #3,754 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #1,628 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 2,805 born since 1913
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eris ranks #3,754 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,628 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,805 born since 1913, peaking in the 2020s.

#3,754 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,628 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
2,805
born since 1913
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%90.5%
Eris vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Eris's 2,805 recorded births place it above 94.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

30 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.

How Eris compares

2,805 Top 19% higher than 81% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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

Eris's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Eris Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 2,805 376 567,345
Peak-year births 226 21 19,840

Eris's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Eris's full recorded timeline at 1981, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1923 peak of 226 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Eris popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1923)
226
Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
050100150200250 191319281940195619821995200620172025 128

Eris popularity over time - boys

538 total births recorded since 1916 (Eris as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 538 births
051015202530 191619571981199019972006201320202025 26

Eris by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (748 births, 27% of the file).

2020s was Eris's strongest decade.

748 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.

Eris births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 748 births (27% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Eris compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Eris's total volume

Eris vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%2%4%6%8%10% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -66, 6.9%-35, 4.8%-133, 2%-59, 4.8%-110, 2.1%-85, 3.5%-64, 4.4%-52, 4.9%-63, 3.7%-28, 5.9%-107, 7.5%-76, 2.5%-47, 8.2%-68, 4.9%-58, 7.7%Eris-113, 8.1%Eris
Eris vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Eris by state

Where Eris concentrates geographically, total births since 1913

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Eris
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
268 9.6%
#2 California
212 7.6%
#3 Ohio
72 2.6%
#4 Florida
61 2.2%
#5 North Carolina
52 1.9%
#6 Georgia
51 1.8%
#7 Michigan
36 1.3%
#8 Pennsylvania
25 0.9%
Texas share of Eris's total US births 9.6%
Even split

268 of 2,805 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.

Eris appears in 30 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Eris? ▼
2,805 babies have been named Eris since 1913. All-time, it sits at #3,754 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #1,628 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 1923 with 226 births.
Where does Eris sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eris ranks #3,754 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,628 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Eris most popular? ▼
Eris was most popular in the 2020s decade with 748 total births. The single peak year was 1923.
Where is Eris most popular? ▼
The top states for the name Eris are Texas (268 births), California (212 births), Ohio (72 births).
Is Eris a unisex name? ▼
Yes, Eris is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 2,805 births, and as a boy's name it has 538 births.
How long has the name Eris been used? ▼
Eris has been recorded in Social Security data since 1913, spanning 113 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Eris? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Erin, Erica, Erika, Ericka, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Eris's data

  • Texas records the most Eriss (268 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nearby Names Like Eris

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Eris

Erin Girl
#833 316,575 births
Erica Girl
#1399 231,613 births
Erika Girl
#1110 125,664 births
Ericka Girl
#2617 23,420 births
Eric Girl
4,293 births

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Related Names

Names with a similar popularity rank to Eris

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Mazikeen #1630
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Isis #1625
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Arlene #1631
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Yvette #1624
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Maura #1632
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Eris: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1913–2025 (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 Eris 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.