Eric Name Popularity

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How popular is Eric?

The somewhat popular name Eric was the 160th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 250 contender has enjoyed a rank in the top 1000 since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began keeping records.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #13 for the first time in 1973 and as recently as 1976.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1970 with 23,573 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Eric in any given year was 9 in 1882.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Eric occurred roughly during the years 1893-1897, 1907-1917, 1931-1970, and 1977-1980, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1987-1997, 1998-2013, and 2014-2017.

Where is the name Eric popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

Eric's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Eric has dropped.

The name Eric is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Eric is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Eric (Girl)		Eric (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	2,389	160
2017		< 5	--	2,764	143
2016		5	17,010	2,920	142
2015		5	17,239	3,038	139
2014		5	17,321	3,314	123
2013		10	10,482	3,260	118
2012		< 5	--	3,629	107
2011		< 5	--	3,746	104
2010		7	13,914	4,196	95
2009		7	14,145	4,640	95
2008		8	12,957	5,377	86
2007		10	11,077	5,956	83
2006		11	10,116	6,230	77
2005		12	9,059	6,696	66
2004		29	4,636	7,132	61
2003		16	6,981	7,785	56
2002		17	6,484	7,927	52
2001		13	7,872	8,559	44
2000		26	4,566	9,157	42
1999		22	4,916	9,380	39
1998		21	5,011	9,963	39
1997		37	3,180	10,317	35
1996		36	3,252	11,607	35
1995		38	3,039	12,480	32
1994		53	2,423	13,309	30
1993		49	2,546	14,543	29
1992		56	2,329	16,136	26
1991		73	1,919	18,050	25
1990		79	1,816	19,419	24
1989		115	1,343	18,976	21
1988		165	997	20,161	19
1987		158	994	20,201	21
1986		150	1,019	19,526	22
1985		163	952	20,839	21
1984		148	978	20,955	22
1983		154	955	20,352	20
1982		138	1,046	19,878	20
1981		133	1,063	20,724	17
1980		153	967	22,632	16
1979		141	1,010	20,273	17
1978		150	942	19,777	16
1977		124	1,060	20,748	17
1976		133	957	21,374	13
1975		124	990	19,811	13
1974		139	910	20,191	13
1973		130	936	20,809	13
1972		119	998	22,037	16
1971		137	939	22,975	18
1970		148	894	23,573	18
1969		128	940	20,757	21
1968		79	1,233	18,508	22
1967		90	1,097	17,832	23
1966		81	1,192	16,472	25
1965		68	1,326	16,833	25
1964		57	1,501	14,559	32
1963		43	1,765	13,276	31
1962		41	1,794	12,348	33
1961		43	1,750	11,111	38
1960		26	2,326	10,528	44
1959		33	1,953	9,725	46
1958		21	2,526	8,185	50
1957		19	2,683	6,621	60
1956		13	3,391	5,251	79
1955		7	4,869	4,650	85
1954		7	4,807	4,173	89
1953		12	3,328	3,933	89
1952		16	2,714	3,988	88
1951		11	3,334	3,665	93
1950		9	3,763	3,095	98
1949		5	5,482	2,769	104
1948		5	5,491	2,490	114
1947		5	5,562	2,343	122
1946		< 5	--	1,821	134
1945		< 5	--	1,351	153
1944		< 5	--	1,195	158
1943		< 5	--	1,170	161
1942		7	3,854	866	182
1941		< 5	--	702	199
1940		< 5	--	482	249
1939		< 5	--	431	258
1938		< 5	--	370	286
1937		< 5	--	300	308
1936		< 5	--	296	310
1935		< 5	--	288	321
1934		< 5	--	259	340
1933		< 5	--	234	352
1932		< 5	--	199	400
1931		< 5	--	213	386
1930		< 5	--	206	408
1929		< 5	--	204	411
1928		< 5	--	221	403
1927		< 5	--	209	417
1926		< 5	--	214	410
1925		< 5	--	211	411
1924		< 5	--	228	406
1923		< 5	--	175	463
1922		< 5	--	201	424
1921		< 5	--	179	459
1920		< 5	--	186	445
1919		< 5	--	190	426
1918		< 5	--	202	412
1917		< 5	--	186	413
1916		< 5	--	155	448
1915		< 5	--	155	437
1914		< 5	--	145	394
1913		< 5	--	109	413
1912		< 5	--	93	399
1911		< 5	--	35	499
1910		< 5	--	41	424
1909		< 5	--	33	439
1908		< 5	--	30	440
1907		< 5	--	22	498
1906		< 5	--	33	369
1905		< 5	--	23	467
1904		< 5	--	15	592
1903		< 5	--	34	323
1902		< 5	--	26	394
1901		< 5	--	25	375
1900		< 5	--	21	520
1899		< 5	--	17	461
1898		< 5	--	30	355
1897		< 5	--	30	341
1896		< 5	--	25	390
1895		< 5	--	20	442
1894		< 5	--	20	425
1893		< 5	--	13	550
1892		< 5	--	19	451
1891		< 5	--	18	418
1890		< 5	--	13	545
1889		< 5	--	21	392
1888		< 5	--	13	562
1887		< 5	--	11	559
1886		< 5	--	10	617
1885		< 5	--	16	467
1884		< 5	--	12	555
1883		< 5	--	11	569
1882		< 5	--	9	668
1881		< 5	--	9	619
1880		< 5	--	10	614

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.