Erich
Erich is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 16 births. Its best rank was 441st, in 1971.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 160.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1971343 births
- Best rank
- #441in 1971
- Since 1894
- 11,660people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,660 boys have been named Erich in the United States since 1894, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 343 births.
The name has all but left use: 16 births in 2024, against 343 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 1970s alone account for 23%. It has spent 52 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Erich | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 31 | |
| 1900s | 22 | |
| 1910s | 180 | |
| 1920s | 218 | |
| 1930s | 253 | |
| 1940s | 365 | |
| 1950s | 800 | |
| 1960s | 1,947 | |
| 1970s | 2,643 | |
| 1980s | 2,360 | |
| 1990s | 1,673 | |
| 2000s | 758 | |
| 2010s | 322 | |
| 2020s | 88 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Erich was the 441st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1971 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Erich
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ericpeak 1970
- Cedricpeak 1982
- Brentpeak 1970
- Lancepeak 1970
- Reinaldopeak 1963
- Edwardopeak 1970
- Rodrickpeak 1977
- Donnellpeak 1982
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.