Eric is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #529 for boy births in the United States, given to 1,256 babies. Eric first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1970 (23,719 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,256 | #529 |
| 2024 | 1,406 | #482 |
| 2023 | 1,547 | #440 |
| 2022 | 1,561 | #432 |
| 2021 | 1,790 | #387 |
| 2020 | 1,917 | #352 |
| 2019 | 2,205 | #314 |
| 2018 | 2,410 | #296 |
| 2017 | 2,782 | #264 |
| 2016 | 2,935 | #258 |
| 2015 | 3,051 | #245 |
| 2014 | 3,328 | #220 |
| 2013 | 3,275 | #216 |
| 2012 | 3,637 | #183 |
| 2011 | 3,751 | #180 |
| 2010 | 4,208 | #159 |
| 2009 | 4,653 | #153 |
| 2008 | 5,385 | #134 |
| 2007 | 5,969 | #124 |
| 2006 | 6,243 | #117 |
| 2005 | 6,709 | #102 |
| 2004 | 7,162 | #95 |
| 2003 | 7,803 | #87 |
| 2002 | 7,945 | #86 |
| 2001 | 8,572 | #74 |
| 2000 | 9,188 | #68 |
| 1999 | 9,404 | #65 |
| 1998 | 9,985 | #62 |
| 1997 | 10,354 | #58 |
| 1996 | 11,647 | #55 |
| 1995 | 12,523 | #50 |
| 1994 | 13,364 | #48 |
| 1993 | 14,597 | #45 |
| 1992 | 16,201 | #42 |
| 1991 | 18,124 | #40 |
| 1990 | 19,509 | #36 |
| 1989 | 19,092 | #33 |
| 1988 | 20,340 | #28 |
| 1987 | 20,361 | #29 |
| 1986 | 19,678 | #31 |
| 1985 | 21,007 | #29 |
| 1984 | 21,103 | #31 |
| 1983 | 20,501 | #29 |
| 1982 | 20,015 | #28 |
| 1981 | 20,846 | #22 |
| 1980 | 22,764 | #21 |
| 1979 | 20,409 | #24 |
| 1978 | 19,911 | #24 |
| 1977 | 20,869 | #23 |
| 1976 | 21,492 | #18 |
| 1975 | 19,917 | #20 |
| 1974 | 20,332 | #20 |
| 1973 | 20,932 | #20 |
| 1972 | 22,145 | #23 |
| 1971 | 23,099 | #25 |
| 1970 | 23,719 | #25 |
| 1969 | 20,875 | #28 |
| 1968 | 18,580 | #34 |
| 1967 | 17,920 | #33 |
| 1966 | 16,556 | #37 |
| 1965 | 16,894 | #39 |
| 1964 | 14,624 | #60 |
| 1963 | 13,321 | #62 |
| 1962 | 12,389 | #69 |
| 1961 | 11,154 | #75 |
| 1960 | 10,565 | #81 |
| 1959 | 9,761 | #87 |
| 1958 | 8,210 | #102 |
| 1957 | 6,640 | #134 |
| 1956 | 5,265 | #171 |
| 1955 | 4,667 | #182 |
| 1954 | 4,176 | #189 |
| 1953 | 3,941 | #188 |
| 1952 | 4,005 | #186 |
| 1951 | 3,675 | #194 |
| 1950 | 3,104 | #212 |
| 1949 | 2,773 | #225 |
| 1948 | 2,496 | #243 |
| 1947 | 2,349 | #259 |
| 1946 | 1,820 | #288 |
| 1945 | 1,351 | #324 |
| 1944 | 1,195 | #338 |
| 1943 | 1,170 | #349 |
| 1942 | 873 | #403 |
| 1941 | 703 | #443 |
| 1940 | 482 | #532 |
| 1939 | 432 | #554 |
| 1938 | 370 | #611 |
| 1937 | 299 | #671 |
| 1936 | 296 | #670 |
| 1935 | 288 | #681 |
| 1934 | 259 | #736 |
| 1933 | 234 | #755 |
| 1932 | 199 | #845 |
| 1931 | 213 | #806 |
| 1930 | 206 | #857 |
| 1929 | 205 | #846 |
| 1928 | 221 | #843 |
| 1927 | 208 | #876 |
| 1926 | 214 | #867 |
| 1925 | 211 | #873 |
| 1924 | 228 | #850 |
| 1923 | 175 | #992 |
| 1922 | 200 | #906 |
| 1921 | 179 | #985 |
| 1920 | 186 | #949 |
| 1919 | 190 | #905 |
| 1918 | 202 | #878 |
| 1917 | 186 | #892 |
| 1916 | 155 | #975 |
| 1915 | 155 | #927 |
| 1914 | 145 | #848 |
| 1913 | 109 | #894 |
| 1912 | 93 | #889 |
| 1911 | 35 | #1,221 |
| 1910 | 41 | #1,083 |
| 1909 | 33 | #1,122 |
| 1908 | 30 | #1,146 |
| 1907 | 22 | #1,285 |
| 1906 | 33 | #985 |
| 1905 | 23 | #1,222 |
| 1904 | 15 | #1,505 |
| 1903 | 34 | #881 |
| 1902 | 26 | #1,044 |
| 1901 | 25 | #1,002 |
| 1900 | 21 | #1,318 |
| 1899 | 17 | #1,252 |
| 1898 | 30 | #940 |
| 1897 | 30 | #888 |
| 1896 | 25 | #1,018 |
| 1895 | 20 | #1,145 |
| 1894 | 20 | #1,097 |
| 1893 | 13 | #1,348 |
| 1892 | 18 | #1,149 |
| 1891 | 18 | #1,048 |
| 1890 | 13 | #1,299 |
| 1889 | 21 | #952 |
| 1888 | 13 | #1,288 |
| 1887 | 11 | #1,250 |
| 1886 | 10 | #1,343 |
| 1885 | 16 | #1,009 |
| 1884 | 12 | #1,173 |
| 1883 | 11 | #1,156 |
| 1882 | 9 | #1,284 |
| 1881 | 9 | #1,192 |
| 1880 | 10 | #1,166 |