Eris
Eris is given to both girls and boys: 128 girls and 26 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,623 among girls’ names and #4,070 among boys’, #2,646 among all names counting both); 3,343 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,620 Americans named Eris and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (78% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 5 and 21.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eris by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Eris mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Eris is “a female given name”
/ˈeɾis/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Eris?
#1,623 among girls’ names, 2025
Eris rose from #2,661 in 2015 to #1,623 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 37.5 to 79.6 per million.
236 babies in 1923, the peak
Eris peaked in 1923, when 236 babies were given it (226 girls, #457 among girls’ names). The 154 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 65% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 128 | #1,623 | 26 | #4,070 |
| 2024 | 126 | #1,640 | 16 | #5,726 |
| 2023 | 132 | #1,586 | 20 | #4,931 |
| 2022 | 130 | #1,626 | 18 | #5,269 |
| 2021 | 123 | #1,686 | 20 | #4,819 |
| 2020 | 109 | #1,811 | 18 | #5,092 |
| 2019 | 91 | #2,075 | 15 | #5,897 |
| 2018 | 90 | #2,118 | 13 | #6,452 |
| 2017 | 113 | #1,825 | 13 | #6,419 |
| 2016 | 79 | #2,373 | 13 | #6,456 |
Every recorded year (95)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 67 | #2,661 | 13 | #6,436 |
| 2014 | 76 | #2,396 | 7 | #9,957 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,816 | 12 | #6,734 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,912 | 13 | #6,415 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,847 | 12 | #6,707 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,329 | 5 | #12,836 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,104 | 11 | #7,353 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,495 | 16 | #5,566 |
| 2007 | 57 | #3,066 | 7 | #10,094 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,748 | 9 | #8,200 |
| 2005 | 67 | #2,556 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 39 | #3,699 | 9 | #7,719 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,577 | 10 | #6,873 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,969 | 8 | #7,871 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,874 | 5 | #11,093 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,775 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,365 | 5 | #10,415 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,875 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,444 | 6 | #8,475 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,349 | 6 | #8,258 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,273 | 12 | #4,883 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,054 | 10 | #5,575 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,259 | 11 | #5,112 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,261 | 9 | #5,781 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,562 | 10 | #5,213 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,693 | 9 | #5,506 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,995 | 14 | #3,866 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,898 | 7 | #5,966 |
| 1987 | under 5 | 8 | #5,098 | |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,752 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,785 | 9 | #4,432 |
| 1984 | under 5 | 5 | #6,624 | |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,761 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,566 | 7 | #5,197 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,890 | 6 | #5,721 |
| 1980 | under 5 | 5 | #6,563 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 6 | #5,566 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 5 | #6,102 | |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,530 | under 5 | |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,688 | under 5 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 7 | #4,313 | |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,815 | under 5 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 7 | #3,971 | |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,093 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,631 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,904 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 5 | #4,249 | |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,907 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,615 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,606 | 5 | #4,159 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,233 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,118 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,990 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,810 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,013 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,362 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 12 | #3,019 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,113 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,203 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,880 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,676 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,462 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,442 | under 5 | |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,448 | under 5 | |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,472 | under 5 | |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,511 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,991 | under 5 | |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,525 | under 5 | |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,405 | under 5 | |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,233 | under 5 | |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,460 | 7 | #3,387 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,349 | 6 | #3,681 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,691 | under 5 | |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,339 | under 5 | |
| 1926 | 37 | #1,287 | 5 | #4,410 |
| 1925 | 53 | #1,039 | 5 | #4,412 |
| 1924 | 103 | #728 | under 5 | |
| 1923 | 226 | #457 | 10 | #2,818 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,316 | 7 | #3,630 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,417 | under 5 | |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,288 | under 5 | |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,248 | under 5 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 5 | #4,107 | |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,498 | under 5 | |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,208 | under 5 |
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 Eris a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,343 Americans recorded as Eris, 84% are girls and 16% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Eris: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eris, and how old are they?
2,620 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 78% of the 3,343 Americans ever recorded as Eris. The median Eris alive today is 11 years old; half are between 5 and 21.
The 2020 Census counted 2,123 people named Eris (1,489 women and girls, 634 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,864 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 33 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 70 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 50 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 227 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 712 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,520 |
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 Eris born?
The states with the most babies named Eris are Texas, California and Ohio, with 56% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 273 | #2,471 | 0.9× |
| California | 217 | #1,682 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 72 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Florida | 61 | #1,360 | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 52 | #1,533 | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 51 | #1,427 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 36 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 25 | #1,464 | 0.1× |
| Mississippi | 24 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Oklahoma | 20 | not ranked | 0.4× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ 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 Eris 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 3,484 babies since 1880, Eris is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 154 of their 162 babies (95%), again the most given.
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.
More about Eris and names like it
- Compare Eris and EryssBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sEris peaked in 1923.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eris since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Eris: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1923The year the most babies were named Eris.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Eris alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.