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.

Eric

#35 most common boys' name of all time · #53 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#35
Rank overall
#53 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
893,184
Since 2016
19,809
Peak year
1970 #18
Best rank
#13 1973
Girls Boys peak 23,719/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Eric is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 1,256 1,256 #273
2024 — 1,406 1,406 #252
2023 — 1,547 1,547 #227
2022 — 1,561 1,561 #229
2021 — 1,790 1,790 #214
2020 — 1,917 1,917 #198
2019 — 2,205 2,205 #176
2018 — 2,410 2,410 #160
2017 — 2,782 2,782 #143
2016 5 2,930 2,935 #142
2015 5 3,046 3,051 #138
2014 5 3,323 3,328 #122
2013 10 3,265 3,275 #118
2012 — 3,637 3,637 #107
2011 — 3,751 3,751 #104
2010 7 4,201 4,208 #95
2009 7 4,646 4,653 #95
2008 8 5,377 5,385 #86
2007 10 5,959 5,969 #83
2006 11 6,232 6,243 #77
2005 12 6,697 6,709 #66
2004 29 7,133 7,162 #61
2003 16 7,787 7,803 #56
2002 17 7,928 7,945 #52
2001 13 8,559 8,572 #44
2000 26 9,162 9,188 #42
1999 22 9,382 9,404 #39
1998 21 9,964 9,985 #39
1997 37 10,317 10,354 #35
1996 36 11,611 11,647 #35
1995 38 12,485 12,523 #32
1994 53 13,311 13,364 #30
1993 49 14,548 14,597 #29
1992 56 16,145 16,201 #26
1991 73 18,051 18,124 #25
1990 79 19,430 19,509 #24
1989 115 18,977 19,092 #21
1988 165 20,175 20,340 #19
1987 158 20,203 20,361 #21
1986 150 19,528 19,678 #22
1985 163 20,844 21,007 #21
1984 148 20,955 21,103 #22
1983 154 20,347 20,501 #20
1982 137 19,878 20,015 #20
1981 134 20,712 20,846 #17
1980 153 22,611 22,764 #16
1979 141 20,268 20,409 #17
1978 150 19,761 19,911 #16
1977 124 20,745 20,869 #17
1976 133 21,359 21,492 #13
1975 124 19,793 19,917 #13
1974 139 20,193 20,332 #13
1973 130 20,802 20,932 #13
1972 118 22,027 22,145 #16
1971 137 22,962 23,099 #18
1970 148 23,571 23,719 #18
1969 128 20,747 20,875 #21
1968 79 18,501 18,580 #22
1967 90 17,830 17,920 #23
1966 81 16,475 16,556 #25
1965 68 16,826 16,894 #25
1964 57 14,567 14,624 #32
1963 43 13,278 13,321 #31
1962 41 12,348 12,389 #33
1961 43 11,111 11,154 #38
1960 26 10,539 10,565 #44
1959 35 9,726 9,761 #46
1958 20 8,190 8,210 #50
1957 19 6,621 6,640 #60
1956 13 5,252 5,265 #79
1955 7 4,660 4,667 #85
1954 7 4,169 4,176 #89
1953 12 3,929 3,941 #89
1952 16 3,989 4,005 #88
1951 11 3,664 3,675 #93
1950 9 3,095 3,104 #98
1949 5 2,768 2,773 #105
1948 5 2,491 2,496 #114
1947 5 2,344 2,349 #122
1946 — 1,820 1,820 #134
1945 — 1,351 1,351 #153
1944 — 1,195 1,195 #158
1943 — 1,170 1,170 #161
1942 7 866 873 #182
1941 — 703 703 #199
1940 — 482 482 #250
1939 — 432 432 #259
1938 — 370 370 #287
1937 — 299 299 #309
1936 — 296 296 #310
1935 — 288 288 #321
1934 — 259 259 #341
1933 — 234 234 #352
1932 — 199 199 #401
1931 — 213 213 #386
1930 — 206 206 #409
1929 — 205 205 #408
1928 — 221 221 #403
1927 — 208 208 #419
1926 — 214 214 #412
1925 — 211 211 #412
1924 — 228 228 #406
1923 — 175 175 #464
1922 — 200 200 #425
1921 — 179 179 #458
1920 — 186 186 #445
1919 — 190 190 #426
1918 — 202 202 #413
1917 — 186 186 #414
1916 — 155 155 #450
1915 — 155 155 #436
1914 — 145 145 #394
1913 — 109 109 #414
1912 — 93 93 #400
1911 — 35 35 #502
1910 — 41 41 #424
1909 — 33 33 #443
1908 — 30 30 #444
1907 — 22 22 #502
1906 — 33 33 #375
1905 — 23 23 #468
1904 — 15 15 #598
1903 — 34 34 #327
1902 — 26 26 #401
1901 — 25 25 #382
1900 — 21 21 #527
1899 — 17 17 #471
1898 — 30 30 #359
1897 — 30 30 #345
1896 — 25 25 #397
1895 — 20 20 #449
1894 — 20 20 #434
1893 — 13 13 #554
1892 — 18 18 #468
1891 — 18 18 #424
1890 — 13 13 #549
1889 — 21 21 #404
1888 — 13 13 #570
1887 — 11 11 #570
1886 — 10 10 #623
1885 — 16 16 #475
1884 — 12 12 #562
1883 — 11 11 #581
1882 — 9 9 #668
1881 — 9 9 #624
1880 — 10 10 #615