girls:
428 births since 1972
#5288 (7th percentile)
boys:
378 births since 1963
#4208 (8th percentile)
overall:
806 births since 1963
#6933 (10th percentile)
The name Eri is the #6,933 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 806 recorded births since 1963. This represents the 10.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,288 (7.5% percentile) for all time with 428 births since 1972. For boys, it ranks #4,208 (8.2% percentile) for all time with 378 births since 1963.
Eri first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1963 (1963 for boys and 1972 for girls). Birth data for Eri is available in 48 out of the 61 years between 1963 and 2023 (40 years for boys and 38 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Eri is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 82.9% of babies named Eri were girls. Interestingly, until around 1972, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1963 to 1971), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (53.8% girls from 1972 to 2023).
For girls, Eri reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #916) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 26 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Eri ranks #918 for girls (3.1% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 74.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Eri reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #762) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Eri ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 41.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Eri".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Eri is pronounced as EH-ree, which has 2 syllables.
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