Erie
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 2002 at #8,456
Given to boys 56.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,958since 1880
Erie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #13,208 | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | — | #2,865 | 22 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,020 | 30 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,511 | 44 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,389 | 49 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #1,842 | 30 |
| 1983 | — | #1,711 | 33 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #1,514 | 41 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | — | #1,965 | 28 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,991 | 26 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,537 | 37 |
| 1977 | — | #1,312 | 47 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #1,469 | 37 |
| 1975 | — | #1,280 | 45 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,198 | 48 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #1,037 | 61 |
| 1972 | — | #993 | 66 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,034 | 62 | |
| 1970 | — | #895 | 81 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,110 | 49 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #1,258 | 36 |
| 1967 | — | #1,507 | 26 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,259 | 36 | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #1,094 | 46 |
| 1964 | — | #1,199 | 41 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,305 | 36 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #1,311 | 35 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #1,279 | 38 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #1,320 | 36 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | — | #1,131 | 46 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,411 | 31 | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #1,553 | 23 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #1,535 | 26 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #1,449 | 31 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #1,252 | 39 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #1,637 | 26 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #1,242 | 37 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,255 | 36 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #1,149 | 39 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #1,087 | 42 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,231 | 32 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #833 | 36 | — | |
| 1911 | #982 | 20 | — | |
| 1910 | #896 | 23 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 | — | |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 | — | |
| 1904 | #640 | 29 | — | |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 | — | |
| 1902 | #756 | 21 | — | |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | — | |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 | — | |
| 1897 | #735 | 18 | — | |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | — | |
| 1893 | #630 | 21 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #706 | 17 | — | |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | — | |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | #614 | 12 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | #809 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Erie was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Erie is popular in 1880
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Erie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1970 (#1,110 → #895)
- Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1971 (#895 → #1,034)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #809 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 17,265 boys born in 1888 were named Erie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 277,359 boys born in 2002 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #809 in 1880, was only 1 in 18,415 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.0% of all boys named Erie (510) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2009, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #809 (1880) | #885 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,035 (1893) | #1,035 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,253 (1906) | #1,253 |
| 1910s | 81 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,278 |
| 1920s | 103 | #2,043 (1924) | #2,550 |
| 1930s | 78 | #2,062 (1936) | #2,702 |
| 1940s | 103 | #1,702 (1949) | #2,369 |
| 1950s | 227 | #1,131 (1958) | #1,753 |
| 1960s | 379 | #1,094 (1965) | #1,264 |
| 1970s | 510 | #895 (1970) | #1,275 |
| 1980s | 332 | #1,389 (1985) | #1,891 |
| 1990s | 94 | #2,865 (1990) | #5,413 |
| 2000s | 18 | #8,456 (2002) | #9,375 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Erie in 1880
Top girls' names in 1880
Top boys' names in 1880
More about 1880
girls
90,994 girls got a published name in 1880; 1 in 15,166 of them was named Erie, which outranked 21.7% of the 942 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of girls (7.0% in 2025).
boys
110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 18,415 of them was named Erie, which outranked 23.5% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).