Eric Boy
How popular is Eric?
#273 boy name in 2025
1,256 baby boys were named Eric in the US in 2025, making it the 273rd most popular boy name.
Eric popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #273 for boys (▼ 21 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,256 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-59% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #138 in 2015, #198 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1970 (23,571 boys) |
| Highest rank | #13 in 1973 (4 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Eric counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eric family of names ranked #146 for boys in 2025 (#122 the year before), with 2,690 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Eric is most popular
Babies named Eric per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 1.9 per 1,000 (61 boys)
- Delaware: 1.8 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- California: 1.3 per 1,000 (1,158 boys)
- Nevada: 1.3 per 1,000 (72 boys)
- Louisiana: 1.2 per 1,000 (123 boys)
Eric by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 122 | #388 |
| 1890s | 204 | #339 |
| 1900s | 262 | #322 |
| 1910s | 1,311 | #394 |
| 1920s | 2,027 | #403 |
| 1930s | 2,796 | #258 |
| 1940s | 15,190 | #105 |
| 1950s | 53,295 | #46 |
| 1960s | 152,222 | #21 |
| 1970s | 211,481 | #13 |
| 1980s | 204,230 | #16 |
| 1990s | 135,244 | #24 |
| 2000s | 69,480 | #42 |
| 2010s | 31,550 | #95 |
| 2020s | 9,477 | #198 |
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Questions
- Is Eric a boy or girl name?
- Eric is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Eric were boys.
- How popular is the name Eric?
- 1,256 baby boys were named Eric in the US in 2025, making it the 273rd most popular boy name.
- When was Eric most popular?
- Eric peaked in 1970, when 23,571 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #13, held for 4 years starting in 1973.
- How many people are named Eric?
- 893,184 babies have been named Eric in the US since 1880. We estimate about 802,328 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 45.
- Where is Eric most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Eric was most common in New Mexico, at 1.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.