Eric has been given to about 893,184 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1970, which makes it a boomer-era name.
Eric ranks 273rd among American boys in 2025, with 1,256 born that year. Its best year was 1970, when 23,719 babies were given the name, ranking 18th. The typical living American called Eric is about 45 years old today. It is relatively most common in District of Columbia, where it accounts for 0.11% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.