How Many People Are Named Erie?
people named Erie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 192,880 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,440 babies named Erie 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
81 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Erie, 20.5% were girls and 79.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Erie fell from 96.4% in the 1890s to 15.3% in the 1990s. It was lowest in the 1970s, at 3.2%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Erie alive today is about 52 years old, and 58% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 41 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Erie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1970, to 81 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Erie has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #849, in 1888. Among girls, its best rank was #620, in 1884.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | #13,726 |
| Best rank | #849 (1888) | #620 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,200 in the 1970s | #1,134 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Erie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Erie were born in New York than in any other state: about 86 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Erie was given 2.7 times as often in California, 2.5 times in New York and 1.9 times in Texas.
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