Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Erich” in the USA?

Number of people named “Erich” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Erich” 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 “Erich” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Erich” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Erich” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Erich” by birth year

This chart shows how “Erich” 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
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 -100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 -100%
1900 9 0.000019989 9 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 -100%
1914 22 0.000015533 22 -100%
1915 23 0.000012552 23 -100%
1916 33 0.000017059 33 -100%
1917 23 0.000011461 23 -100%
1918 25 0.000011515 25 -100%
1919 22 0.000010425 22 -100%
1920 23 0.000010165 23 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 19 0.0000083 19 -100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 -100%
1925 27 0.000011572 27 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 19 0.000008192 19 -100%
1928 28 0.000012384 28 -100%
1929 28 0.000012773 28 -100%
1930 31 0.000013943 31 -100%
1931 27 0.00001283 27 -100%
1932 27 0.000012788 27 -100%
1933 25 0.000012503 25 -100%
1934 24 0.000011556 24 -100%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 -100%
1936 28 0.000013477 28 -100%
1937 18 0.000008448 18 -100%
1938 22 0.000009943 22 -100%
1939 32 0.000014523 32 -100%
1940 38 0.000016502 38 -100%
1941 38 0.000015597 38 -100%
1942 29 0.000010616 29 -100%
1943 26 0.000009211 26 -100%
1944 30 0.000011152 30 -100%
1945 39 0.000014701 39 -100%
1946 36 0.000011267 36 -100%
1947 49 0.000013602 49 -100%
1948 45 0.000013034 45 -100%
1949 35 0.000010044 35 -100%
1950 46 0.00001313 46 -100%
1951 52 0.000014116 52 -100%
1952 61 0.000016061 61 -100%
1953 62 0.000016089 62 -100%
1954 61 0.000015324 61 -100%
1955 71 0.000017683 71 -100%
1956 89 0.000021586 89 -100%
1957 115 0.000027367 115 -100%
1958 116 0.000028061 116 -100%
1959 127 0.000030544 127 -100%
1960 165 0.000039723 165 -100%
1961 177 0.00004273 177 -100%
1962 151 0.000037419 151 -100%
1963 204 0.000051539 204 -100%
1964 198 0.000050931 198 -100%
1965 211 0.0000582 211 -100%
1966 188 0.000054091 188 -100%
1967 183 0.000053904 183 -100%
1968 235 0.000069559 235 -100%
1969 235 0.00006762 235 -100%
1970 304 0.000084292 304 -100%
1971 343 0.000099931 343 -100%
1972 290 0.000092269 290 -100%
1973 251 0.000083198 251 -100%
1974 252 0.000082895 252 -100%
1975 256 0.000084785 256 -100%
1976 246 0.000081073 7 239 -94%
1977 257 0.000080907 257 -100%
1978 242 0.000076248 242 -100%
1979 209 0.000062819 209 -100%
1980 277 0.000080418 5 272 -96%
1981 211 0.000060994 211 -100%
1982 258 0.000073547 258 -100%
1983 237 0.000068431 5 232 -96%
1984 251 0.000071945 5 246 -96%
1985 252 0.000070606 252 -100%
1986 210 0.000059037 210 -100%
1987 222 0.000061571 5 217 -95%
1988 241 0.000065223 241 -100%
1989 221 0.000057486 221 -100%
1990 201 0.000050854 201 -100%
1991 193 0.000049547 193 -100%
1992 200 0.000052066 200 -100%
1993 185 0.000049068 185 -100%
1994 189 0.000050839 189 -100%
1995 155 0.000042325 155 -100%
1996 162 0.000044418 162 -100%
1997 147 0.000040543 147 -100%
1998 122 0.000033168 122 -100%
1999 119 0.000032216 119 -100%
2000 125 0.00003307 125 -100%
2001 85 0.000022707 85 -100%
2002 91 0.000024343 91 -100%
2003 91 0.000023933 91 -100%
2004 78 0.000020414 78 -100%
2005 73 0.000018986 73 -100%
2006 56 0.000014155 56 -100%
2007 57 0.000014258 57 -100%
2008 51 0.000012975 51 -100%
2009 51 0.00001335 51 -100%
2010 36 0.000009741 36 -100%
2011 54 0.000014763 5 49 -81%
2012 34 0.000009296 34 -100%
2013 39 0.000010698 39 -100%
2014 48 0.000012951 48 -100%
2015 28 0.000007566 28 -100%
2016 30 0.000008177 30 -100%
2017 25 0.000006991 25 -100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 -100%
2019 20 0.000005762 20 -100%
2020 16 0.00000479 16 -100%
2021 18 0.000005313 18 -100%
2022 25 0.00000739 25 -100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 -100%
2024 16 0.000004807 16 -100%

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