How Many People Are Named Era?
people named Era are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 218,672 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,009 babies named Era in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
157 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Albanian erë meaning "wind".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Era, 98.5% were girls and 1.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 93.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Era alive today is about 42 years old, and 46% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Era first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 157 babies. In 2025, 64 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Era has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #340, in 1898. In 2025 it ranked #2,704.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,704 |
| Best rank | #340 (1898) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #523 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Era alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Era were born in Texas than in any other state: about 87 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Era was given 8.8 times as often in Alabama, 4.2 times in Texas and 4 times in Mississippi.
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