Eric Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Eric: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 888,891 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

888,891

Peak year

1970 #18

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-38.3%

In the 1970s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	3,751	#104
2012	3,637	#107
2013	3,265	#118
2014	3,323	#122
2015	3,046	#138
2016	2,930	#142
2017	2,782	#143
2018	2,410	#160
2019	2,205	#176
2020	1,917	#198
2021	1,790	#213
2022	1,561	#229
2023	1,547	#227
2024	1,406	#252
2025	1,256	#273

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1970

2,817

2,051

1,528

1,433

1,335

1,231

Names from the same era

Troy · 1970 Marc · 1970 Brent · 1970 Andre · 1970 Lance · 1970 Tyrone · 1970 Wade · 1970 Rene · 1970 Dion · 1970 Hans · 1970

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