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

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Peak · boys
1880 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,958
since 1880

Erie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #614, 1884peak #809, 1880girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#13,2086—
2024#8,94611—
2023#6,92216—
2022#8,03213—
2021#12,2067—
2020#12,1427—
2019#15,5395—
2018#11,4278—
2017#14,1246—
2016#11,7818—
2015#14,4826—
2014#13,0697—
2013#14,5826—
2012#16,8695—
2011#16,7645—
2010#16,9925—
2009——
2008——
2007——
2006——
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2004——
2003——
2002#15,4325#8,4567
2001—#10,5565
2000—#9,1126
1999—#8,7046
1998——
1997—#7,2817
1996——
1995—#5,12411
1994—#6,3728
1993#13,4425#4,44713
1992#11,7386#4,87211
1991#11,5096#3,63616
1990—#2,86522
1989—#2,69023
1988—#2,36725
1987—#2,02030
1986—#1,51144
1985—#1,38949
1984#10,4225#1,84230
1983—#1,71133
1982#9,2376#1,51441
1981#10,4115#1,89929
1980—#1,96528
1979—#1,99126
1978#9,7505#1,53737
1977—#1,31247
1976#8,1566#1,46937
1975—#1,28045
1974—#1,19848
1973#7,4356#1,03761
1972—#99366
1971—#1,03462
1970—#89581
1969—#1,11049
1968#7,0165#1,25836
1967—#1,50726
1966—#1,25936
1965#5,2897#1,09446
1964—#1,19941
1963#6,5925#1,30536
1962#6,5785#1,31135
1961#6,5675#1,27938
1960#4,7738#1,32036
1959#4,3009#1,38732
1958—#1,13146
1957—#1,41131
1956#4,4678#2,26313
1955#4,7407#2,04815
1954#3,32512#1,88717
1953#2,69916#2,28712
1952#4,4837#1,54724
1951#3,10612#1,55323
1950#3,6629#2,01914
1949#3,6129#1,70219
1948#3,13711#1,70319
1947#2,76914#1,91616
1946#2,48215#2,5349
1945—#2,7437
1944#3,3788#2,6338
1943#2,69512#2,27711
1942#3,1949#2,9407
1941#3,2528—
1940#2,42412#2,8717
1939#2,41712#2,6098
1938#2,57911#3,5345
1937#2,19614#2,08812
1936#2,03215#2,06212
1935#2,57511#2,24611
1934#2,56711#2,5639
1933#3,1098#2,7388
1932#1,63422#3,0927
1931#2,20514#3,3906
1930#1,53526—
1929#1,95318#2,45211
1928#1,58926#2,65910
1927#1,93520#2,52311
1926#1,44931#3,3857
1925#1,25239#2,43512
1924#1,81123#2,04316
1923#1,63726#2,61411
1922#1,57528#2,24014
1921#1,66826—
1920#1,37533#2,60211
1919#1,24237#2,26513
1918#1,25536#2,8829
1917#1,14939#1,98615
1916#1,08742#2,04314
1915#1,23132#3,3926
1914#1,26224#1,97511
1913#1,40517#2,0928
1912#83336—
1911#98220—
1910#89623#1,5895
1909#1,01516—
1908#1,26111—
1907#84020—
1906#91716#1,2535
1905#96815—
1904#64029—
1903#96913—
1902#75621—
1901#91813—
1900#97015—
1899#1,0999—
1898#79018—
1897#73518—
1896#79017—
1895#1,2997—
1894#1,0619—
1893#63021#1,0355
1892#70617—
1891#79612—
1890#1,2106—
1889#75712—
1888#75312#8157
1887#8608—
1886#8977—
1885#9216—
1884#61412#9715
1883#7547—
1882—#9435
1881——
1880#7386#8096
First appearance
1880

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 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #745 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 16,127 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedMINew York: #829 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 19,329 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #805 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 16,215 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Erie, so not publishedTXFlorida: #588 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,958 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Florida#588 · 1 in 8,958
  2. Illinois#745 · 1 in 16,127
  3. California#805 · 1 in 16,215
  4. New York#829 · 1 in 19,329

Best ever in a state: #421 in Mississippi, 1981.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#58861 in 8,958
Illinois#74561 in 16,127
California#805111 in 16,215
New York#82981 in 19,329
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Erie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #809 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · 1880–1972
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,265
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 26.0% of all boys named Erie (510) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2010
  • Mostly boys until 2009, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23#809 (1880)#885
1890s5#1,035 (1893)#1,035
1900s5#1,253 (1906)#1,253
1910s81#1,589 (1910)#2,278
1920s103#2,043 (1924)#2,550
1930s78#2,062 (1936)#2,702
1940s103#1,702 (1949)#2,369
1950s227#1,131 (1958)#1,753
1960s379#1,094 (1965)#1,264
1970s510#895 (1970)#1,275
1980s332#1,389 (1985)#1,891
1990s94#2,865 (1990)#5,413
2000s18#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 1970

boys
#895
81 births · 1 in 22,941 boys

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #895Erie81
More about 1970

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 22,941 of them was named Erie, which outranked 83.5% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Erie
  1. #891Derik82
  2. #891Issac82
  3. #891Raymundo82
  4. #895Erie81
  5. #895Layne81
  6. #895Norbert81
  7. #898Darcy80
  8. #898Del80
  9. #898Delmar80

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970 →