Erie
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Erie has been given to 3,440 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1970, with 81 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 57% boys, 43% girls all-time.
Babies named Erie, 2002
1 in 534,000
Erie over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Erie over time
In 2025, Erie went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Erie?
Erie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2002, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2002
- 1 in 534,000
- 7 of 3,737,275 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 277,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2002
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 370,070 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Erie sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2002 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 370,070 children born in 2002 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Erie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Eries were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Erie was born before 1969 — so the typical Erie is around 56 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1970s
- 26.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 25.9%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,560
- People you could plausibly meet
1970s — 26.0% of all recorded uses (510).
Is Erie rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1970 (81)
- Years since peak
- 55
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 23.2% average annual change
Spellings of Erie
Erie is not the most common spelling — Eric is, with 44.1% against Erie's 0.10%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Erie is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Erie was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 284,781 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 100,000
- 2New York1 in 100,000
- 3Florida1 in —
- 4Illinois1 in —
- 5Mississippi1 in —
- 6North Carolina1 in —
- 7New Jersey1 in —
- 8Ohio1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Erie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Erie is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Erie was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 258,940 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Mississippi1 in 50,000
- 2Alabama1 in 100,000
- 3Arkansas1 in 100,000
- 4Kentucky1 in 100,000
- 5Florida1 in —
- 6Georgia1 in —
- 7Louisiana1 in —
- 8North Carolina1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Erie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Erie by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Erie
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Erie
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.