NameTides

Eric

Eric was the #273 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,256 babies), and #168 in England & Wales and #271 in Canada.

Eric as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Eric as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesIrelandCanadaUSNorthern IrelandScotland
Eric as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#273 (1,256)#168 (300)#333 (10)#270 (6)#211 (22)#271 (124)—
2024#252 (1,406)#162 (308)#246 (16)#239 (8)#120 (46)#256 (127)—
2023#227 (1,547)#145 (363)#278 (13)#272 (6)#141 (40)#246 (129)—
2022#229 (1,561)#129 (435)#236 (17)#221 (9)#133 (45)#252 (132)—
2021#213 (1,790)#132 (437)#477 (6)#176 (13)#186 (28)#217 (160)—
2020#198 (1,917)#129 (420)#292 (13)#169 (13)#158 (35)#228 (153)—
2019#176 (2,205)#126 (451)#278 (14)#274 (6)#125 (52)#182 (207)—
2018#160 (2,410)#124 (470)#240 (18)#187 (12)#138 (44)#175 (218)—
2017#143 (2,782)#127 (456)#352 (10)#279 (6)#141 (44)#137 (280)—
2016#142 (2,930)#147 (390)#256 (17)#232 (8)#142 (46)#148 (265)—
2015#138 (3,046)#173 (338)#211 (24)#259 (7)#128 (51)#137 (281)—
2014#122 (3,323)#189 (301)#245 (18)#202 (11)#136 (47)#122 (341)—
2013#118 (3,265)#235 (219)#466 (6)#303 (5)#131 (48)#129 (316)—
2012#107 (3,637)#234 (220)#246 (18)#311 (5)#116 (61)#108 (371)—
2011#104 (3,751)#251 (193)#364 (9)#375 (3)#143 (49)#109 (367)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1976 at #13.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

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

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 910common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Eric is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Eric by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #200WAIdaho: #230IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #297ILMichigan: #312MINew York: #252NYMassachusetts: #246MAOregon: #281ORNevada: #362NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #346IAIndiana: #303INOhio: #287OHPennsylvania: #273PANew Jersey: #313NJConnecticut: #281CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #211CAUtah: #316UTColorado: #346CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #326MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #260VAMaryland: #268MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #321AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #284ARTennessee: #299TNNorth Carolina: #287NCSouth Carolina: #255SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #351OKLouisiana: #198LAMississippi: #189MSAlabama: #422ALGeorgia: #272GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #245TXFlorida: #286FL
Eric (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#29546
Quebec2025#32614

Eric (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EricCanadaGirls—too few
EricCanadaBoys#271124
EricEngland & WalesBoys#168300
EricIrelandBoys#21122
EricNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
EricNSWBoys—too few
EricScotlandBoys#33310
EricUSGirls—too few
EricUSBoys#2731,256