Eider

Eider was the #1,064 boys' name in the US in 2025 (204 babies).

Eider as a boy’s name

  • US
Eider as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Eider as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#1,064 (204)
2024#1,026 (217)
2023#1,258 (153)
2022#2,379 (59)
2021#2,918 (42)
2020#3,497 (31)
2019#5,153 (18)
2018#8,154 (9)
2017#8,140 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,026.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2017.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Eider is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 7,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Eider by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #716NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: #543NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #831CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #915TXFlorida: #1,126FL
Eider (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500