Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Erik” in the USA?

Number of people named “Erik” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Erik” by birth year

This chart shows how “Erik” 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
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 11 0.000006003 11 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 8 0.000003987 8 -100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 23 0.000009657 23 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 18 0.000007761 18 -100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 -100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 -100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 -100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 23 0.000011503 23 -100%
1934 24 0.000011556 24 -100%
1935 24 0.000011484 24 -100%
1936 18 0.000008664 18 -100%
1937 24 0.000011264 24 -100%
1938 32 0.000014463 32 -100%
1939 39 0.0000177 39 -100%
1940 44 0.000019108 44 -100%
1941 53 0.000021753 53 -100%
1942 57 0.000020865 57 -100%
1943 79 0.000027989 79 -100%
1944 65 0.000024163 65 -100%
1945 96 0.000036187 96 -100%
1946 95 0.000029731 95 -100%
1947 121 0.000033589 121 -100%
1948 93 0.000026937 93 -100%
1949 154 0.000044192 154 -100%
1950 132 0.000037678 132 -100%
1951 153 0.000041534 153 -100%
1952 187 0.000049236 187 -100%
1953 191 0.000049563 191 -100%
1954 220 0.000055267 220 -100%
1955 222 0.000055292 222 -100%
1956 253 0.000061363 253 -100%
1957 324 0.000077104 324 -100%
1958 340 0.000082247 340 -100%
1959 428 0.000102934 428 -100%
1960 470 0.000113149 470 -100%
1961 520 0.000125534 520 -100%
1962 516 0.000127869 516 -100%
1963 674 0.000170279 674 -100%
1964 1169 0.000300699 5 1164 -99%
1965 2134 0.000588617 14 2120 -99%
1966 1974 0.00056795 9 1965 -99%
1967 2263 0.000666589 12 2251 -99%
1968 2387 0.000706545 18 2369 -98%
1969 2735 0.000786977 14 2721 -99%
1970 3262 0.000904475 17 3245 -99%
1971 3223 0.000939005 11 3212 -99%
1972 3415 0.001086544 16 3399 -99%
1973 3080 0.00102092 20 3060 -99%
1974 2904 0.000955263 23 2881 -98%
1975 2871 0.000950853 16 2855 -99%
1976 2773 0.000913885 18 2755 -99%
1977 2803 0.000882419 17 2786 -99%
1978 3279 0.001033124 17 3262 -99%
1979 4658 0.00140006 20 4638 -99%
1980 4955 0.001438523 41 4914 -98%
1981 3944 0.00114009 22 3922 -99%
1982 3662 0.001043911 29 3633 -98%
1983 3665 0.001058227 29 3636 -98%
1984 3450 0.000988891 28 3422 -98%
1985 3398 0.000952058 26 3372 -98%
1986 3134 0.00088106 24 3110 -98%
1987 3256 0.000903036 25 3231 -98%
1988 3499 0.000946944 21 3478 -99%
1989 3645 0.000948121 17 3628 -99%
1990 3966 0.001003421 11 3955 -99%
1991 3904 0.001002242 13 3891 -99%
1992 3832 0.000997586 16 3816 -99%
1993 3502 0.000928844 14 3488 -99%
1994 3770 0.001014081 24 3746 -99%
1995 3443 0.000940157 11 3432 -99%
1996 3029 0.000830501 9 3020 -99%
1997 2862 0.000789354 5 2857 -100%
1998 2683 0.000729432 7 2676 -99%
1999 2729 0.000738792 6 2723 -100%
2000 2731 0.000722505 10 2721 -99%
2001 2574 0.000687612 2574 -100%
2002 2460 0.000658055 2460 -100%
2003 2555 0.000671958 5 2550 -100%
2004 2373 0.000621054 8 2365 -99%
2005 2233 0.000580778 5 2228 -100%
2006 2131 0.00053865 2131 -100%
2007 2034 0.000508795 6 2028 -99%
2008 1802 0.000458447 7 1795 -99%
2009 1555 0.000407049 1555 -100%
2010 1337 0.000361768 1337 -100%
2011 1266 0.00034611 1266 -100%
2012 1222 0.00033412 1222 -100%
2013 1105 0.0003031 1105 -100%
2014 1037 0.000279788 1037 -100%
2015 1018 0.000275067 1018 -100%
2016 948 0.000258402 948 -100%
2017 900 0.000251664 900 -100%
2018 854 0.000242897 854 -100%
2019 815 0.000234807 815 -100%
2020 708 0.000211939 708 -100%
2021 699 0.00020632 699 -100%
2022 716 0.000211638 716 -100%
2023 679 0.000205062 679 -100%
2024 644 0.00019348 644 -100%

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