How Many People Are Named Eric?
people named Eric are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 428 people in the US has this name
Based on 893,184 babies named Eric in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
23,719 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Catalan form of ERIC.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Eric in English. Counting Eric and these spellings together, about 873,283 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Eric, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Eric alive today is about 43 years old, and 68% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 33 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Eric first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1970, to 23,719 babies. In 2025, 1,256 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Eric never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #13, in 1973 to 1976, and it was in the top 100 for 61 years, 1950 to 2010. In 2025 it ranked #273.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #273 |
| Best rank | #13 (1973 to 1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | 61 (1950 to 2010) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #14 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Eric alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Eric were born in California than in any other state: about 104,112 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Eric was given 1.4 times as often in District of Columbia, 1.3 times in Delaware and 1.3 times in Vermont.
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