Eric remains a common boys' name (#273 in 2025), down from a peak of #13 in 1973.
Eric is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #273 for boy births in the United States (and #529 across all names), given to 1,256 babies. Eric first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1970 (23,571 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,256 | 1,256 | — | #273 |
| 2024 | 1,406 | 1,406 | — | #252 |
| 2023 | 1,547 | 1,547 | — | #227 |
| 2022 | 1,561 | 1,566 | — | #229 |
| 2021 | 1,790 | 1,790 | — | #213 |
| 2020 | 1,917 | 1,928 | — | #198 |
| 2019 | 2,205 | 2,223 | — | #176 |
| 2018 | 2,410 | 2,428 | — | #160 |
| 2017 | 2,782 | 2,790 | — | #143 |
| 2016 | 2,935 | 2,951 | #17,060 | #142 |
| 2015 | 3,051 | 3,071 | #17,272 | #138 |
| 2014 | 3,328 | 3,355 | #17,357 | #122 |
| 2013 | 3,275 | 3,295 | #10,502 | #118 |
| 2012 | 3,637 | 3,666 | — | #107 |
| 2011 | 3,751 | 3,781 | — | #104 |
| 2010 | 4,208 | 4,244 | #13,925 | #95 |
| 2009 | 4,653 | 4,709 | #14,153 | #95 |
| 2008 | 5,385 | 5,447 | #12,971 | #86 |
| 2007 | 5,969 | 6,026 | #11,085 | #83 |
| 2006 | 6,243 | 6,326 | #10,123 | #77 |
| 2005 | 6,709 | 6,778 | #9,064 | #66 |
| 2004 | 7,162 | 7,259 | #4,638 | #61 |
| 2003 | 7,803 | 7,877 | #6,984 | #56 |
| 2002 | 7,945 | 8,030 | #6,485 | #52 |
| 2001 | 8,572 | 8,653 | #7,874 | #44 |
| 2000 | 9,188 | 9,313 | #4,566 | #42 |
| 1999 | 9,404 | 9,548 | #4,916 | #39 |
| 1998 | 9,985 | 10,114 | #5,011 | #39 |
| 1997 | 10,354 | — | #3,180 | #35 |
| 1996 | 11,647 | — | #3,255 | #35 |
| 1995 | 12,523 | — | #3,040 | #32 |
| 1994 | 13,364 | — | #2,423 | #30 |
| 1993 | 14,597 | — | #2,545 | #29 |
| 1992 | 16,201 | — | #2,328 | #26 |
| 1991 | 18,124 | — | #1,919 | #25 |
| 1990 | 19,509 | — | #1,817 | #24 |
| 1989 | 19,092 | — | #1,343 | #21 |
| 1988 | 20,340 | — | #997 | #19 |
| 1987 | 20,361 | — | #994 | #21 |
| 1986 | 19,678 | — | #1,019 | #22 |
| 1985 | 21,007 | — | #953 | #21 |
| 1984 | 21,103 | — | #977 | #22 |
| 1983 | 20,501 | — | #954 | #20 |
| 1982 | 20,015 | — | #1,053 | #20 |
| 1981 | 20,846 | — | #1,061 | #17 |
| 1980 | 22,764 | — | #967 | #16 |
| 1979 | 20,409 | — | #1,010 | #17 |
| 1978 | 19,911 | — | #942 | #16 |
| 1977 | 20,869 | — | #1,061 | #17 |
| 1976 | 21,492 | — | #957 | #13 |
| 1975 | 19,917 | — | #991 | #13 |
| 1974 | 20,332 | — | #910 | #13 |
| 1973 | 20,932 | — | #936 | #13 |
| 1972 | 22,145 | — | #1,000 | #16 |
| 1971 | 23,099 | — | #940 | #18 |
| 1970 | 23,719 | — | #893 | #18 |
| 1969 | 20,875 | — | #940 | #21 |
| 1968 | 18,580 | — | #1,232 | #22 |
| 1967 | 17,920 | — | #1,097 | #23 |
| 1966 | 16,556 | — | #1,193 | #25 |
| 1965 | 16,894 | — | #1,328 | #25 |
| 1964 | 14,624 | — | #1,501 | #32 |
| 1963 | 13,321 | — | #1,765 | #31 |
| 1962 | 12,389 | — | #1,794 | #33 |
| 1961 | 11,154 | — | #1,751 | #38 |
| 1960 | 10,565 | — | #2,326 | #44 |
| 1959 | 9,761 | — | #1,894 | #46 |
| 1958 | 8,210 | — | #2,600 | #50 |
| 1957 | 6,640 | — | #2,681 | #60 |
| 1956 | 5,265 | — | #3,392 | #79 |
| 1955 | 4,667 | — | #4,869 | #85 |
| 1954 | 4,176 | — | #4,810 | #89 |
| 1953 | 3,941 | — | #3,326 | #89 |
| 1952 | 4,005 | — | #2,713 | #88 |
| 1951 | 3,675 | — | #3,337 | #93 |
| 1950 | 3,104 | — | #3,763 | #98 |
| 1949 | 2,773 | — | #5,483 | #105 |
| 1948 | 2,496 | — | #5,490 | #114 |
| 1947 | 2,349 | — | #5,561 | #122 |
| 1946 | 1,820 | — | — | #134 |
| 1945 | 1,351 | — | — | #153 |
| 1944 | 1,195 | — | — | #158 |
| 1943 | 1,170 | — | — | #161 |
| 1942 | 873 | — | #3,855 | #182 |
| 1941 | 703 | — | — | #199 |
| 1940 | 482 | — | — | #249 |
| 1939 | 432 | — | — | #258 |
| 1938 | 370 | — | — | #286 |
| 1937 | 299 | — | — | #310 |
| 1936 | 296 | — | — | #310 |
| 1935 | 288 | — | — | #321 |
| 1934 | 259 | — | — | #340 |
| 1933 | 234 | — | — | #352 |
| 1932 | 199 | — | — | #401 |
| 1931 | 213 | — | — | #386 |
| 1930 | 206 | — | — | #408 |
| 1929 | 205 | — | — | #408 |
| 1928 | 221 | — | — | #403 |
| 1927 | 208 | — | — | #419 |
| 1926 | 214 | — | — | #410 |
| 1925 | 211 | — | — | #411 |
| 1924 | 228 | — | — | #406 |
| 1923 | 175 | — | — | #463 |
| 1922 | 200 | — | — | #424 |
| 1921 | 179 | — | — | #459 |
| 1920 | 186 | — | — | #445 |
| 1919 | 190 | — | — | #426 |
| 1918 | 202 | — | — | #412 |
| 1917 | 186 | — | — | #413 |
| 1916 | 155 | — | — | #448 |
| 1915 | 155 | — | — | #437 |
| 1914 | 145 | — | — | #394 |
| 1913 | 109 | — | — | #413 |
| 1912 | 93 | — | — | #399 |
| 1911 | 35 | — | — | #499 |
| 1910 | 41 | — | — | #424 |
| 1909 | 33 | — | — | #439 |
| 1908 | 30 | — | — | #440 |
| 1907 | 22 | — | — | #498 |
| 1906 | 33 | — | — | #369 |
| 1905 | 23 | — | — | #467 |
| 1904 | 15 | — | — | #592 |
| 1903 | 34 | — | — | #323 |
| 1902 | 26 | — | — | #394 |
| 1901 | 25 | — | — | #375 |
| 1900 | 21 | — | — | #520 |
| 1899 | 17 | — | — | #461 |
| 1898 | 30 | — | — | #355 |
| 1897 | 30 | — | — | #341 |
| 1896 | 25 | — | — | #390 |
| 1895 | 20 | — | — | #442 |
| 1894 | 20 | — | — | #425 |
| 1893 | 13 | — | — | #550 |
| 1892 | 18 | — | — | #466 |
| 1891 | 18 | — | — | #418 |
| 1890 | 13 | — | — | #545 |
| 1889 | 21 | — | — | #392 |
| 1888 | 13 | — | — | #562 |
| 1887 | 11 | — | — | #559 |
| 1886 | 10 | — | — | #617 |
| 1885 | 16 | — | — | #467 |
| 1884 | 12 | — | — | #555 |
| 1883 | 11 | — | — | #569 |
| 1882 | 9 | — | — | #668 |
| 1881 | 9 | — | — | #619 |
| 1880 | 10 | — | — | #614 |