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.

Ericson

#5,762 most common boys' name of all time · #14,364 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1959–2025

Rank among boys
#5,762
Rank overall
#14,364 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
738
Since 2016
147
Peak year
2008 #3,682
Best rank
#3,403 2004
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
1960198020002020

Ericson 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 — 12 12 #6,879
2024 — 13 13 #6,558
2023 — 7 7 #9,932
2022 — 12 12 #6,925
2021 — 16 16 #5,623
2020 — 17 17 #5,295
2019 — 13 13 #6,493
2018 — 16 16 #5,600
2017 — 21 21 #4,634
2016 — 20 20 #4,816
2015 — 20 20 #4,760
2014 — 25 25 #4,046
2013 — 25 25 #3,991
2012 — 17 17 #5,320
2011 — 22 22 #4,401
2010 — 29 29 #3,655
2009 — 20 20 #4,787
2008 — 29 29 #3,682
2007 — 18 18 #5,049
2006 — 20 20 #4,569
2005 — 19 19 #4,513
2004 — 28 28 #3,403
2003 — 16 16 #4,879
2002 — 15 15 #4,989
2001 — 12 12 #5,766
2000 — 18 18 #4,265
1999 — 13 13 #5,123
1998 — 18 18 #3,911
1997 — 7 7 #7,487
1996 — 7 7 #7,365
1995 — 12 12 #4,913
1993 — 14 14 #4,313
1992 — 14 14 #4,206
1991 — 12 12 #4,581
1990 — 11 11 #4,794
1989 — 7 7 #6,509
1988 — 7 7 #6,026
1987 — 10 10 #4,394
1986 — 9 9 #4,649
1985 — 7 7 #5,432
1984 — 8 8 #4,745
1983 — 11 11 #3,774
1982 — 8 8 #4,804
1981 — 7 7 #5,217
1980 — 8 8 #4,708
1979 — 6 6 #5,687
1978 — 8 8 #4,377
1975 — 6 6 #5,155
1974 — 6 6 #4,954
1973 — 6 6 #4,841
1972 — 9 9 #3,553
1971 — 5 5 #5,367
1970 — 5 5 #5,190
1969 — 5 5 #4,828
1967 — 7 7 #3,500
1959 — 5 5 #4,542