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 | 0.00006279 | 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 | 0.000095733 | 228 | -100% | |
| 1925 | 211 | 0.00009043 | 211 | -100% | |
| 1926 | 214 | 0.00009321 | 214 | -100% | |
| 1927 | 208 | 0.00008968 | 208 | -100% | |
| 1928 | 221 | 0.000097748 | 221 | -100% | |
| 1929 | 204 | 0.000093059 | 204 | -100% | |
| 1930 | 206 | 0.000092656 | 206 | -100% | |
| 1931 | 213 | 0.000101218 | 213 | -100% | |
| 1932 | 199 | 0.000094256 | 199 | -100% | |
| 1933 | 234 | 0.000117033 | 234 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 259 | 0.000124711 | 259 | -100% | |
| 1935 | 288 | 0.000137807 | 288 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 296 | 0.000142475 | 296 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 299 | 0.000140334 | 299 | -100% | |
| 1938 | 370 | 0.000167226 | 370 | -100% | |
| 1939 | 432 | 0.000196058 | 432 | -100% | |
| 1940 | 482 | 0.000209325 | 482 | -100% | |
| 1941 | 703 | 0.000288543 | 703 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 873 | 0.000319574 | 7 | 866 | -98% |
| 1943 | 1169 | 0.000414164 | 1169 | -100% | |
| 1944 | 1195 | 0.000444229 | 1195 | -100% | |
| 1945 | 1351 | 0.00050926 | 1351 | -100% | |
| 1946 | 1820 | 0.000569591 | 1820 | -100% | |
| 1947 | 2350 | 0.000652368 | 5 | 2345 | -100% |
| 1948 | 2495 | 0.000722663 | 5 | 2490 | -100% |
| 1949 | 2774 | 0.000796042 | 5 | 2769 | -100% |
| 1950 | 3104 | 0.000886005 | 9 | 3095 | -99% |
| 1951 | 3674 | 0.000997361 | 11 | 3663 | -99% |
| 1952 | 4006 | 0.001054764 | 16 | 3990 | -99% |
| 1953 | 3940 | 0.001022417 | 12 | 3928 | -99% |
| 1954 | 4179 | 0.00104982 | 7 | 4172 | -100% |
| 1955 | 4665 | 0.001161884 | 7 | 4658 | -100% |
| 1956 | 5266 | 0.001277214 | 13 | 5253 | -100% |
| 1957 | 6638 | 0.001579701 | 19 | 6619 | -99% |
| 1958 | 8210 | 0.00198585 | 20 | 8190 | -100% |
| 1959 | 9763 | 0.002348726 | 35 | 9728 | -99% |
| 1960 | 10557 | 0.002541454 | 26 | 10531 | -100% |
| 1961 | 11160 | 0.002694381 | 43 | 11117 | -99% |
| 1962 | 12379 | 0.003068042 | 41 | 12338 | -99% |
| 1963 | 13319 | 0.003364801 | 43 | 13276 | -99% |
| 1964 | 14620 | 0.00376071 | 57 | 14563 | -99% |
| 1965 | 16899 | 0.004661174 | 68 | 16831 | -99% |
| 1966 | 16555 | 0.004763246 | 81 | 16474 | -99% |
| 1967 | 17921 | 0.005278827 | 90 | 17831 | -99% |
| 1968 | 18580 | 0.005499705 | 79 | 18501 | -99% |
| 1969 | 20873 | 0.006006015 | 128 | 20745 | -99% |
| 1970 | 23720 | 0.00657701 | 148 | 23572 | -99% |
| 1971 | 23105 | 0.006731669 | 137 | 22968 | -99% |
| 1972 | 22152 | 0.007048003 | 118 | 22034 | -99% |
| 1973 | 20930 | 0.006937695 | 130 | 20800 | -99% |
| 1974 | 20330 | 0.0066875 | 139 | 20191 | -99% |
| 1975 | 19924 | 0.006598721 | 124 | 19800 | -99% |
| 1976 | 21494 | 0.007083649 | 133 | 21361 | -99% |
| 1977 | 20870 | 0.006570306 | 124 | 20746 | -99% |
| 1978 | 19914 | 0.006274458 | 150 | 19764 | -98% |
| 1979 | 20410 | 0.006134728 | 141 | 20269 | -99% |
| 1980 | 22767 | 0.006609687 | 153 | 22614 | -99% |
| 1981 | 20848 | 0.006026594 | 134 | 20714 | -99% |
| 1982 | 20017 | 0.005706196 | 137 | 19880 | -99% |
| 1983 | 20511 | 0.005922427 | 154 | 20357 | -98% |
| 1984 | 21103 | 0.006049034 | 148 | 20955 | -99% |
| 1985 | 21005 | 0.005885443 | 163 | 20842 | -98% |
| 1986 | 19678 | 0.005532274 | 150 | 19528 | -98% |
| 1987 | 20360 | 0.005646944 | 158 | 20202 | -98% |
| 1988 | 20336 | 0.005503861 | 165 | 20171 | -98% |
| 1989 | 19092 | 0.004966273 | 115 | 18977 | -99% |
| 1990 | 19507 | 0.004935673 | 79 | 19428 | -99% |
| 1991 | 18123 | 0.004652783 | 73 | 18050 | -99% |
| 1992 | 16201 | 0.004217824 | 56 | 16145 | -99% |
| 1993 | 14597 | 0.003871745 | 49 | 14548 | -99% |
| 1994 | 13364 | 0.003594907 | 53 | 13311 | -99% |
| 1995 | 12522 | 0.003419424 | 38 | 12484 | -99% |
| 1996 | 11643 | 0.003192449 | 36 | 11607 | -99% |
| 1997 | 10356 | 0.00285633 | 37 | 10319 | -99% |
| 1998 | 9985 | 0.002714726 | 21 | 9964 | -100% |
| 1999 | 9403 | 0.002545653 | 22 | 9381 | -100% |
| 2000 | 9187 | 0.002430558 | 26 | 9161 | -99% |
| 2001 | 8572 | 0.002289979 | 13 | 8559 | -100% |
| 2002 | 7944 | 0.002125125 | 17 | 7927 | -100% |
| 2003 | 7803 | 0.002052332 | 16 | 7787 | -100% |
| 2004 | 7162 | 0.001874559 | 29 | 7133 | -99% |
| 2005 | 6709 | 0.001745069 | 12 | 6697 | -100% |
| 2006 | 6242 | 0.001577938 | 11 | 6231 | -100% |
| 2007 | 5969 | 0.001493274 | 10 | 5959 | -100% |
| 2008 | 5385 | 0.001370195 | 8 | 5377 | -100% |
| 2009 | 4652 | 0.001217962 | 7 | 4645 | -100% |
| 2010 | 4206 | 0.00113825 | 7 | 4199 | -100% |
| 2011 | 3750 | 0.001025388 | 3750 | -100% | |
| 2012 | 3636 | 0.000994354 | 3636 | -100% | |
| 2013 | 3275 | 0.00089854 | 10 | 3265 | -99% |
| 2014 | 3326 | 0.000897605 | 5 | 3321 | -100% |
| 2015 | 3050 | 0.000824358 | 5 | 3045 | -100% |
| 2016 | 2933 | 0.000799723 | 5 | 2928 | -100% |
| 2017 | 2780 | 0.000777684 | 2780 | -100% | |
| 2018 | 2407 | 0.000684945 | 2407 | -100% | |
| 2019 | 2203 | 0.000635092 | 2203 | -100% | |
| 2020 | 1916 | 0.000574023 | 1916 | -100% | |
| 2021 | 1788 | 0.000528262 | 1788 | -100% | |
| 2022 | 1558 | 0.000461136 | 1558 | -100% | |
| 2023 | 1541 | 0.00046736 | 1541 | -100% |