Era
#2,691 for girls in 2025, 64 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
Given to girls 99.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 84 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,955since 1880
Era over time
Rank among girls' names. Era has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,691 | 64 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,857 | 58 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #3,709 | 41 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #3,220 | 50 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,339 | 47 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,546 | 42 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #3,552 | 43 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,191 | 27 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,949 | 29 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,071 | 25 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,885 | 27 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,967 | 24 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #1,520 | 37 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,357 | 46 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,481 | 35 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,292 | 38 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,315 | 37 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,249 | 41 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,355 | 32 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,150 | 40 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,091 | 43 | — | |
| 1938 | #905 | 61 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,144 | 39 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,062 | 43 | — | |
| 1935 | #937 | 55 | — | |
| 1934 | #905 | 57 | — | |
| 1933 | #834 | 64 | — | |
| 1932 | #899 | 61 | — | |
| 1931 | #899 | 59 | — | |
| 1930 | #840 | 72 | — | |
| 1929 | #764 | 83 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #794 | 81 | — | |
| 1927 | #704 | 107 | — | |
| 1926 | #669 | 117 | — | |
| 1925 | #668 | 122 | — | |
| 1924 | #695 | 114 | — | |
| 1923 | #671 | 122 | — | |
| 1922 | #639 | 131 | — | |
| 1921 | #636 | 135 | — | |
| 1920 | #633 | 129 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #565 | 150 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #596 | 142 | — | |
| 1917 | #561 | 145 | — | |
| 1916 | #524 | 157 | — | |
| 1915 | #522 | 145 | — | |
| 1914 | #515 | 118 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #522 | 95 | — | |
| 1912 | #521 | 86 | — | |
| 1911 | #463 | 78 | — | |
| 1910 | #412 | 91 | — | |
| 1909 | #410 | 79 | — | |
| 1908 | #410 | 77 | — | |
| 1907 | #387 | 84 | — | |
| 1906 | #420 | 66 | — | |
| 1905 | #413 | 67 | — | |
| 1904 | #349 | 87 | — | |
| 1903 | #355 | 79 | — | |
| 1902 | #381 | 68 | — | |
| 1901 | #371 | 65 | — | |
| 1900 | #387 | 74 | — | |
| 1899 | #421 | 48 | — | |
| 1898 | #340 | 84 | — | |
| 1897 | #344 | 72 | — | |
| 1896 | #385 | 54 | — | |
| 1895 | #411 | 47 | — | |
| 1894 | #409 | 46 | — | |
| 1893 | #408 | 43 | — | |
| 1892 | #465 | 34 | — | |
| 1891 | #372 | 45 | — | |
| 1890 | #361 | 49 | — | |
| 1889 | #486 | 26 | — | |
| 1888 | #486 | 26 | — | |
| 1887 | #489 | 21 | — | |
| 1886 | #508 | 19 | — | |
| 1885 | #459 | 21 | — | |
| 1884 | #541 | 15 | — | |
| 1883 | #517 | 14 | — | |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | — | |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | — | |
| 1880 | #518 | 11 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Era was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1983, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Era is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#174 · 1 in 888
- Tennessee#258 · 1 in 1,741
- Mississippi#273 · 1 in 1,760
- Arkansas#277 · 1 in 1,636
- Texas#327 · 1 in 1,891
Best ever in a state: #130 in Alabama, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #174 | 28 | 1 in 888 |
| Tennessee | #258 | 14 | 1 in 1,741 |
| Mississippi | #273 | 10 | 1 in 1,760 |
| Arkansas | #277 | 11 | 1 in 1,636 |
| Texas | #327 | 25 | 1 in 1,891 |
| North Carolina | #331 | 10 | 1 in 3,151 |
| Kentucky | #338 | 8 | 1 in 3,095 |
| Georgia | #362 | 9 | 1 in 3,471 |
| Louisiana | #379 | 7 | 1 in 2,681 |
| Oklahoma | #443 | 5 | 1 in 3,962 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Era
- 166 spots since 2024 (#2,857 → #2,691)
- 855 spots since 2020 (#3,546 → #2,691)
- 2,436 spots since 2015 (#5,127 → #2,691)
- Biggest jump: 239 spots in 1938 (#1,144 → #905)
- Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1939 (#905 → #1,091)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1898 at #340 (84 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 39 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1935
- Highest: 1 in 3,081 girls born in 1898 were named Era (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,114 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.3% of all girls named Era (1,207) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 169 | #459 (1885) | #533 |
| 1890s | 522 | #340 (1898) | #392 |
| 1900s | 746 | #349 (1904) | #388 |
| 1910s | 1,207 | #412 (1910) | #520 |
| 1920s | 1,141 | #633 (1920) | #687 |
| 1930s | 554 | #834 (1933) | #952 |
| 1940s | 361 | #1,150 (1940) | #1,418 |
| 1950s | 248 | #1,820 (1952) | #2,174 |
| 1960s | 129 | #3,033 (1962) | #3,973 |
| 1970s | 104 | #4,038 (1970) | #5,612 |
| 1980s | 49 | #6,319 (1980) | #7,997 |
| 1990s | 39 | #7,742 (1997) | #11,737 |
| 2000s | 116 | #7,391 (2004) | #8,661 |
| 2010s | 268 | #3,552 (2019) | #5,393 |
| 2020s | 302 | #2,691 (2025) | #3,227 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Era in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 7,457 of them was named Era, which outranked 89.4% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).