How popular is the baby name Eric in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Eric.
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Edgerrin was probably named for American football player Edgerrin James, while Ericlindross was definitely named for Canadian hockey player Eric Lindros.
Fingers crossed that Thunder and Lightning have a playdate together one day. :)
According to New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the most popular baby names in the city last year were Isabella/Sophia (tied) and Daniel.
Here are New York City’s top 50+ girl names and top 50+ boy names of 2007:
Girl names
Isabella, 539 baby girls (tie)
Sophia, 539 (tie)
Emily, 525
Ashley, 480
Sarah, 425
Kayla, 414
Mia, 381
Olivia, 375
Samantha, 368
Rachel, 359
Madison, 345
Ava, 330
Brianna, 316
Emma, 286
Sofia, 276
Abigail, 272 (tie)
Chloe, 272 (tie)
Angelina, 265 (tie)
Victoria, 265 (tie)
Elizabeth, 261 (tie)
Leah, 261 (tie)
Nicole, 250
Julia, 249
Alexandra, 247
Esther, 244
Michelle, 234 (tie)
Sara, 234 (tie)
Alyssa, 231
Maya, 227
Gabriella, 223
Jessica, 216
Hannah, 202
Arianna, 186
Chaya, 184
Ella, 182
Anna, 179
Katherine, 177
Melanie, 176
Natalie, 175
Jada, 174
Jasmine, 169 (tie)
Sophie, 169 (tie)
Miriam, 168
Jennifer, 167
Amanda, 164
Grace, 160
Zoe, 158
Alexa, 156 (tie)
Hailey, 156 (tie)
Ariana, 154 (tie)
Maria, 154 (tie)
Boy names
Daniel, 865 baby boys
Jayden, 846
Michael, 801
Matthew, 778
Justin, 738
Joshua, 719
David, 705
Anthony, 664
Christopher, 652
Joseph, 617
Ryan, 576
Ethan, 524
Alexander, 503
Kevin, 496
Jacob, 474
Brandon, 463
Nicholas, 458
Jonathan, 452
John, 448
Christian, 445
William, 435
Andrew, 424
Jason, 414
James, 377
Elijah, 359
Angel, 357
Benjamin, 350
Dylan, 347
Samuel, 343
Aaron, 334
Gabriel, 327
Eric, 301 (tie)
Jaden, 301 (tie)
Brian, 283
Jack, 282
Tyler, 276
Noah, 269
Jordan, 265
Luis, 264
Sebastian, 260
Jose, 249
Sean, 247
Adam, 243
Jeremiah, 242
Henry, 239
Isaiah, 238
Thomas, 234
Xavier, 232
Bryan, 230
Aidan, 228 (tie)
Aiden, 228 (tie)
Jayden jumped from 10th place in 2006 to 2nd place in 2007, impressively.
If all the different spellings of Jayden (e.g., Jaden, Jaiden, Jadon, Jaeden, Jaydon, Jaidyn, Jaydan, Jaydin) had been counted together, in fact, the entire name-group would have easily overtaken Daniel with a grand total of more than 1,340 baby boys.
The top baby names within specific ethnic/racial groups were…
Top girl name
Top boy name
Hispanic
Ashley
Jayden
Asian
Sophia
Ryan
Non-Hispanic White
Sarah
Michael
Non-Hispanic Black
Madison
Jayden
Among the names given to just 10 babies each in NYC last year were the girl names Binta, Djeneba, Fraida, Rowan, and Suki, and the boy names Aditya, Karim, Milton, Shimshon, and Wolf.
One year earlier, NYC’s top names (overall) were Ashley and Michael.
Looking for a set of baby names with something in common? If so, here are some 4-letter anagram names for you to check out!
Anagrams are words that contain the same set of letters, but not in the same sequence. For instance, the words “race,” “care,” and “acre” are all anagrams of one another.
Anagram names can be a neat option for siblings — particularly multiples (like twins and triplets). They’re also a clever way to connect a baby name to the name of an older relative (e.g., grandpa Gary, grandson Gray).
Below are hundreds of four-letter names (collected from the SSA’s huge database of U.S. baby names) that happen to be anagrams of other names.
Four-letter anagram names
Adir, Adri, Ardi, Dair, Dari, Diar, Dira, Dria, Riad, Rida
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