How popular is “Eric” in the USA?
Number of people named “Eric” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Eric” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Eric” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Eric” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Eric” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Eric” by birth year
This chart shows how “Eric” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 10 | 0.000049632 | 10 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 9 | 0.000046708 | 9 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 9 | 0.000040626 | 9 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 11 | 0.000050704 | 11 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 12 | 0.000049289 | 12 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 16 | 0.00006643 | 16 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 10 | 0.000039167 | 10 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 11 | 0.000044464 | 11 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 13 | 0.000043409 | 13 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 21 | 0.000072678 | 21 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 13 | 0.000043132 | 13 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 18 | 0.000062789 | 18 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 18 | 0.000053832 | 18 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 13 | 0.000039973 | 13 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 20 | 0.000059051 | 20 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 20 | 0.000056977 | 20 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 25 | 0.000069933 | 25 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 30 | 0.000086466 | 30 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 30 | 0.000078646 | 30 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 17 | 0.000050113 | 17 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 21 | 0.00004664 | 21 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 25 | 0.000072294 | 25 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 26 | 0.00006723 | 26 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 34 | 0.000089192 | 34 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 15 | 0.000037176 | 15 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 23 | 0.000054255 | 23 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 33 | 0.000077022 | 33 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 22 | 0.000047272 | 22 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 30 | 0.000061394 | 30 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 33 | 0.000064551 | 33 | -100% | |
| 1910 | 41 | 0.000069408 | 41 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 35 | 0.000054324 | 35 | -100% | |
| 1912 | 93 | 0.000094124 | 93 | -100% | |
| 1913 | 109 | 0.000095857 | 109 | -100% | |
| 1914 | 145 | 0.000102376 | 145 | -100% | |
| 1915 | 155 | 0.000084587 | 155 | -100% | |
| 1916 | 155 | 0.000080128 | 155 | -100% | |
| 1917 | 186 | 0.000092687 | 186 | -100% | |
| 1918 | 202 | 0.00009304 | 202 | -100% | |
| 1919 | 190 | 0.000090037 | 190 | -100% | |
| 1920 | 186 | 0.000082205 | 186 | -100% | |
| 1921 | 179 | 0.000076676 | 179 | -100% | |
| 1922 | 200 | 0.000087368 | 200 | -100% | |
| 1923 | 175 | 0.000076005 | 175 | -100% | |
| 1924 | 228 | 0.000095734 | 228 | -100% | |
| 1925 | 211 | 0.00009043 | 211 | -100% | |
| 1926 | 214 | 0.000093209 | 214 | -100% | |
| 1927 | 208 | 0.00008968 | 208 | -100% | |
| 1928 | 221 | 0.000097747 | 221 | -100% | |
| 1929 | 205 | 0.000093515 | 205 | -100% | |
| 1930 | 206 | 0.000092656 | 206 | -100% | |
| 1931 | 213 | 0.000101217 | 213 | -100% | |
| 1932 | 199 | 0.000094255 | 199 | -100% | |
| 1933 | 234 | 0.000117032 | 234 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 259 | 0.00012471 | 259 | -100% | |
| 1935 | 288 | 0.000137806 | 288 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 296 | 0.000142474 | 296 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 299 | 0.000140331 | 299 | -100% | |
| 1938 | 370 | 0.000167226 | 370 | -100% | |
| 1939 | 432 | 0.000196057 | 432 | -100% | |
| 1940 | 482 | 0.000209321 | 482 | -100% | |
| 1941 | 703 | 0.000288537 | 703 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 873 | 0.000319567 | 7 | 866 | -98% |
| 1943 | 1170 | 0.000414517 | 1170 | -100% | |
| 1944 | 1195 | 0.000444225 | 1195 | -100% | |
| 1945 | 1351 | 0.000509252 | 1351 | -100% | |
| 1946 | 1820 | 0.000569585 | 1820 | -100% | |
| 1947 | 2350 | 0.000652357 | 5 | 2345 | -100% |
| 1948 | 2497 | 0.00072324 | 5 | 2492 | -100% |
| 1949 | 2773 | 0.000795747 | 5 | 2768 | -100% |
| 1950 | 3104 | 0.000886007 | 9 | 3095 | -99% |
| 1951 | 3675 | 0.000997628 | 11 | 3664 | -99% |
| 1952 | 4006 | 0.001054764 | 16 | 3990 | -99% |
| 1953 | 3941 | 0.001022668 | 12 | 3929 | -99% |
| 1954 | 4176 | 0.00104906 | 7 | 4169 | -100% |
| 1955 | 4666 | 0.001162119 | 7 | 4659 | -100% |
| 1956 | 5266 | 0.001277214 | 13 | 5253 | -100% |
| 1957 | 6639 | 0.001579908 | 19 | 6620 | -99% |
| 1958 | 8209 | 0.001985774 | 20 | 8189 | -100% |
| 1959 | 9764 | 0.002348249 | 35 | 9729 | -99% |
| 1960 | 10560 | 0.002542241 | 26 | 10534 | -100% |
| 1961 | 11157 | 0.002693431 | 43 | 11114 | -99% |
| 1962 | 12384 | 0.003068862 | 41 | 12343 | -99% |
| 1963 | 13320 | 0.003365166 | 43 | 13277 | -99% |
| 1964 | 14624 | 0.003761699 | 57 | 14567 | -99% |
| 1965 | 16898 | 0.00466094 | 68 | 16830 | -99% |
| 1966 | 16553 | 0.004762555 | 81 | 16472 | -99% |
| 1967 | 17921 | 0.005278805 | 90 | 17831 | -99% |
| 1968 | 18581 | 0.005499919 | 79 | 18502 | -99% |
| 1969 | 20874 | 0.006006348 | 128 | 20746 | -99% |
| 1970 | 23721 | 0.006577265 | 148 | 23573 | -99% |
| 1971 | 23101 | 0.006730365 | 137 | 22964 | -99% |
| 1972 | 22149 | 0.007047102 | 118 | 22031 | -99% |
| 1973 | 20932 | 0.006938278 | 130 | 20802 | -99% |
| 1974 | 20327 | 0.006686515 | 139 | 20188 | -99% |
| 1975 | 19920 | 0.00659735 | 124 | 19796 | -99% |
| 1976 | 21496 | 0.007084336 | 133 | 21363 | -99% |
| 1977 | 20869 | 0.006569822 | 124 | 20745 | -99% |
| 1978 | 19913 | 0.006274044 | 150 | 19763 | -98% |
| 1979 | 20410 | 0.006134656 | 141 | 20269 | -99% |
| 1980 | 22767 | 0.006609656 | 153 | 22614 | -99% |
| 1981 | 20849 | 0.006026811 | 134 | 20715 | -99% |
| 1982 | 20016 | 0.005705877 | 137 | 19879 | -99% |
| 1983 | 20510 | 0.005922031 | 154 | 20356 | -98% |
| 1984 | 21104 | 0.006049149 | 148 | 20956 | -99% |
| 1985 | 21006 | 0.005885501 | 163 | 20843 | -98% |
| 1986 | 19678 | 0.005532069 | 150 | 19528 | -98% |
| 1987 | 20361 | 0.005647027 | 158 | 20203 | -98% |
| 1988 | 20339 | 0.005504401 | 165 | 20174 | -98% |
| 1989 | 19093 | 0.004966384 | 115 | 18978 | -99% |
| 1990 | 19508 | 0.004935638 | 79 | 19429 | -99% |
| 1991 | 18124 | 0.004652828 | 73 | 18051 | -99% |
| 1992 | 16201 | 0.004217612 | 56 | 16145 | -99% |
| 1993 | 14597 | 0.003871597 | 49 | 14548 | -99% |
| 1994 | 13363 | 0.003594472 | 53 | 13310 | -99% |
| 1995 | 12524 | 0.003419844 | 38 | 12486 | -99% |
| 1996 | 11646 | 0.003193139 | 36 | 11610 | -99% |
| 1997 | 10354 | 0.002855686 | 37 | 10317 | -99% |
| 1998 | 9985 | 0.002714638 | 21 | 9964 | -100% |
| 1999 | 9404 | 0.002545842 | 22 | 9382 | -100% |
| 2000 | 9187 | 0.002430485 | 26 | 9161 | -99% |
| 2001 | 8572 | 0.002289903 | 13 | 8559 | -100% |
| 2002 | 7944 | 0.002125035 | 17 | 7927 | -100% |
| 2003 | 7803 | 0.002052169 | 16 | 7787 | -100% |
| 2004 | 7162 | 0.001874416 | 29 | 7133 | -99% |
| 2005 | 6709 | 0.001744934 | 12 | 6697 | -100% |
| 2006 | 6242 | 0.001577781 | 11 | 6231 | -100% |
| 2007 | 5969 | 0.001493115 | 10 | 5959 | -100% |
| 2008 | 5385 | 0.001369997 | 8 | 5377 | -100% |
| 2009 | 4652 | 0.001217745 | 7 | 4645 | -100% |
| 2010 | 4207 | 0.001138338 | 7 | 4200 | -100% |
| 2011 | 3750 | 0.001025209 | 3750 | -100% | |
| 2012 | 3636 | 0.000994158 | 3636 | -100% | |
| 2013 | 3275 | 0.000898327 | 10 | 3265 | -99% |
| 2014 | 3326 | 0.000897373 | 5 | 3321 | -100% |
| 2015 | 3050 | 0.000824121 | 5 | 3045 | -100% |
| 2016 | 2933 | 0.000799466 | 5 | 2928 | -100% |
| 2017 | 2782 | 0.000777922 | 2782 | -100% | |
| 2018 | 2408 | 0.000684889 | 2408 | -100% | |
| 2019 | 2204 | 0.000634988 | 2204 | -100% | |
| 2020 | 1917 | 0.000573853 | 1917 | -100% | |
| 2021 | 1789 | 0.000528048 | 1789 | -100% | |
| 2022 | 1560 | 0.000461111 | 1560 | -100% | |
| 2023 | 1544 | 0.000466297 | 1544 | -100% | |
| 2024 | 1402 | 0.000421211 | 1402 | -100% |