Eric

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #273in 2025
  • 1 in 1,359boys in 2025
  • −54%last ten years
  • 2.2×in New Mexico

Most popular in 1976.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06,80713,61318801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Eric, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188091
188189
188279
1883105
1884105
1885148
188690
1887108
1888108
1889190
1890117
1891178
1892147
1893116
1894173
1895170
1896209
1897266
1898245
1899160
1900140
1901235
1902212
1903285
1904117
1905174
1906248
1907150
1908194
1909201
1910211
1911155
1912216
1913213
1914221
1915183
1916174
1917201
1918199
1919194
1920175
1921163
1922184
1923160
1924201
1925189
1926193
1927185
1928200
1929191
1930188
1931205
1932191
1933236
1934251
1935277
1936285
1937280
1938334
1939390
1940416
1941572
1942627
1943820
1944877
19451,004
19461,121
19471,281
19481,420
19491,560
19501,729
19511,946
19522,052
19531,992
19542,045
19552,262
19562,483
19573,069
19583,859
19594,557
19604,943
19615,231
19625,969
19636,537
19647,310
19659,046
19669,238
196710,225
196810,645
196911,602
197012,685
197112,984
197213,583
197313,347
197412,843
197512,677
197613,613
197712,625
197812,036
197911,773
198012,675
198111,563
198210,955
198311,351
198411,610
198511,278
198610,604
198710,821
198810,539
19899,484
19909,459
19918,935
19928,083
19937,417
19946,890
19956,558
19966,129
19975,473
19985,213
19994,886
20004,665
20014,405
20024,083
20033,942
20043,593
20053,353
20063,032
20072,871
20082,636
20092,342
20102,190
20111,975
20121,917
20131,726
20141,730
20151,589
20161,544
20171,503
20181,327
20191,229
20201,111
20211,023
2022894
2023904
2024816
2025735

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Mexico 2.2×
  2. Nevada 1.6×
  3. Washington 1.5×
  4. California 1.5×
  5. Louisiana 1.4×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,256
Rank in 2025
#273
How rare
1 in 1,359 boys
Since 1880
888,891

Most popular in 1976, at 13,613 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 54% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Mexico2.2×35
Nevada1.6×43
Washington1.5×120
California1.5×644
Louisiana1.4×70

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.