Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Eran*

#5,956 most common boys' name of all time · #14,815 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1966–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#5,956
Rank overall
#14,815 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
703
Since 2016
53
Peak year
1981 #2,643
Best rank
#2,405 1976
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
198020002020

Eran first appears in 1966. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 7 7 #9,906
2024 — 6 6 #11,193
2022 — 5 5 #12,657
2020 — 5 5 #12,369
2019 — 6 6 #11,046
2018 — 7 7 #9,886
2017 — 8 8 #9,015
2016 — 9 9 #8,305
2014 — 7 7 #9,869
2013 — 6 6 #10,984
2012 — 10 10 #7,702
2011 — 5 5 #12,656
2010 — 12 12 #6,796
2009 — 10 10 #7,853
2008 — 13 13 #6,494
2007 — 11 11 #7,233
2006 — 10 10 #7,577
2004 — 6 6 #10,276
2003 — 5 5 #11,288
2002 — 13 13 #5,504
2001 — 8 8 #7,751
2000 — 8 8 #7,632
1999 — 17 17 #4,247
1998 — 10 10 #5,990
1997 5 — 5 —
1996 — 8 8 #6,699
1995 — 18 18 #3,615
1994 — 12 12 #4,940
1993 — 14 14 #4,326
1992 — 12 12 #4,691
1991 — 16 16 #3,723
1990 5 10 15 #5,164
1989 — 15 15 #3,727
1988 — 10 10 #4,602
1987 7 13 20 #3,637
1986 6 14 20 #3,372
1985 — 14 14 #3,332
1984 — 17 17 #2,789
1983 5 12 17 #3,552
1982 5 18 23 #2,677
1981 9 18 27 #2,643
1980 5 20 25 #2,514
1979 6 15 21 #2,982
1978 7 11 18 #3,546
1977 7 16 23 #2,763
1976 7 19 26 #2,405
1975 7 16 23 #2,618
1974 6 17 23 #2,447
1973 — 10 10 #3,409
1972 — 13 13 #2,799
1971 — 14 14 #2,671
1970 — 9 9 #3,487
1969 — 11 11 #2,853
1968 — 7 7 #3,642
1967 — 8 8 #3,224
1966 — 5 5 #4,496