Erie

Boy · recorded 1880–2002

  • 2002last recorded
  • 1888best year

Most popular in 1888.

Last recorded in 2002. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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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 92 recorded years as a table
Erie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188054
188244
188444
188858
189345
190638
191026
191316
191417
19157
191616
191716
19189
191913
192010
192213
192310
192414
192511
19266
192710
19289
192910
19316
19327
19338
19349
193511
193612
193711
19385
19397
19406
19425
19438
19446
19455
19466
19479
194811
194911
19508
195112
195212
19536
19548
19557
19566
195714
195822
195915
196017
196118
196217
196318
196421
196525
196620
196715
196821
196927
197044
197135
197241
197339
197431
197529
197624
197729
197823
197915
198016
198116
198223
198318
198417
198527
198624
198716
198813
198911
199011
19918
19926
19937
19944
19956
19974
19993
20003
20013
20024

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Erie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2002
7
Rank in 2002
#8,456
How rare
1 in 277,359 boys
Since 1880
1,958

Erie was last recorded in 2002. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1888, at 58 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Erie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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