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.

Erickson

#4,330 most common boys' name of all time · #10,613 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1959–2025

Rank among boys
#4,330
Rank overall
#10,613 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
1,187
Since 2016
305
Peak year
2008 #2,528
Best rank
#2,526 1987
Girls Boys peak 50/yr
1960198020002020

Erickson first appears in 1959. 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 — 16 16 #5,659
2024 — 35 35 #3,361
2023 — 28 28 #3,920
2022 — 39 39 #3,120
2021 — 30 30 #3,680
2020 — 26 26 #3,947
2019 — 28 28 #3,823
2018 — 33 33 #3,405
2017 — 31 31 #3,531
2016 — 39 39 #3,014
2015 — 28 28 #3,807
2014 — 27 27 #3,814
2013 — 42 42 #2,783
2012 — 22 22 #4,427
2011 — 42 42 #2,821
2010 — 35 35 #3,196
2009 — 32 32 #3,424
2008 — 50 50 #2,528
2007 — 24 24 #4,160
2006 — 20 20 #4,568
2005 — 24 24 #3,860
2004 — 20 20 #4,307
2003 — 18 18 #4,494
2002 — 17 17 #4,563
2001 — 28 28 #3,176
2000 — 22 22 #3,681
1999 — 18 18 #4,044
1998 — 11 11 #5,588
1997 — 20 20 #3,516
1996 — 25 25 #2,963
1995 — 23 23 #3,052
1994 — 14 14 #4,384
1993 — 28 28 #2,607
1992 — 19 19 #3,397
1991 — 17 17 #3,543
1990 — 21 21 #3,003
1989 — 23 23 #2,734
1988 — 12 12 #4,018
1987 — 22 22 #2,526
1986 — 10 10 #4,289
1985 — 12 12 #3,702
1984 — 15 15 #3,046
1983 — 12 12 #3,535
1982 — 10 10 #4,124
1981 — 11 11 #3,742
1980 — 6 6 #5,865
1979 — 9 9 #4,251
1978 — 12 12 #3,329
1977 — 12 12 #3,319
1976 — 11 11 #3,402
1975 — 5 5 #5,880
1974 — 7 7 #4,457
1973 — 7 7 #4,324
1972 — 5 5 #5,416
1971 — 11 11 #3,098
1970 — 6 6 #4,550
1968 — 6 6 #4,038
1967 — 5 5 #4,409
1959 — 6 6 #3,974