Eric Boy Name

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The name Eric is of Scandinavian origin, and means ruler of the people. The table below indicates the number of times the name Eric has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Eric**
Use of the Name Eric for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
817,830	777,127	379,414	94,062	40,361	14,773	7,029

The table below indicates the number of times the name Eric has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Eric**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	614	10
1881	620	9
1882	668	9
1883	570	11
1884	555	12
1885	467	16
1886	617	10
1887	559	11
1888	562	13
1889	392	21
1890	545	13
1891	418	18
1892	452	19
1893	550	13
1894	425	20
1895	442	20
1896	390	25
1897	341	30
1898	355	30
1899	462	17
1900	484	23
1901	375	25
1902	394	26
1903	323	34
1904	592	15
1905	467	23
1906	358	34
1907	497	22
1908	441	30
1909	438	33
1910	435	40
1911	498	35
1912	398	93
1913	412	109
1914	396	144
1915	436	155
1916	448	155
1917	412	187
1918	411	204
1919	432	186
1920	443	188
1921	457	181
1922	424	201
1923	463	176
1924	408	225
1925	412	211
1926	412	214
1927	420	207
1928	403	221
1929	409	205
1930	406	206
1931	384	213
1932	399	199
1933	351	234
1934	339	259
1935	322	287
1936	307	300
1937	305	303
1938	287	369
1939	259	431
1940	247	483
1941	199	707
1942	182	869
1943	161	1,167
1944	158	1,190
1945	151	1,357
1946	134	1,814
1947	122	2,331
1948	113	2,485
1949	105	2,756
1950	98	3,094
1951	93	3,644
1952	88	3,989
1953	89	3,917
1954	89	4,170
1955	85	4,666
1956	79	5,231
1957	60	6,619
1958	50	8,176
1959	46	9,708
1960	44	10,534
1961	38	11,095
1962	33	12,348
1963	31	13,276
1964	32	14,536
1965	25	16,827
1966	25	16,455
1967	23	17,808
1968	22	18,469
1969	21	20,740	943	127
1970	18	23,543	889	149
1971	18	22,936	942	136
1972	16	22,004
1973	13	20,776	933	131
1974	13	20,166	920	137
1975	13	19,788	982	125
1976	13	21,337	957	133
1977	17	20,711
1978	16	19,727	944	149
1979	17	20,237
1980	16	22,580	965	153
1981	17	20,681
1982	20	19,849
1983	20	20,316	953	154
1984	22	20,927	977	147
1985	21	20,818	953	162
1986	22	19,511
1987	21	20,183	996	157
1988	20	20,133	996	165
1989	21	18,962
1990	24	19,397
1991	25	18,034
1992	26	16,130
1993	29	14,535
1994	30	13,296
1995	32	12,468
1996	35	11,598
1997	35	10,311
1998	39	9,956
1999	39	9,368
2000	42	9,138
2001	43	8,542
2002	52	7,908
2003	56	7,744
2004	61	7,029
Totals:		817,830		2,025

During the last 125 years, parents have used Eric as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.

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