ERIC is ranked as the 60th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 870,213.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 272.92 people named ERIC for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named ERIC is 809,755.
The SSA data also shows that ERIC is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
ERIC is
77.7% White,
6.4% Hispanic origin,
11.0% Black,
2.8% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name ERIC have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name ERIC is included in the following name categories:
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
French masculine given name
Danish masculine given name
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Swedish masculine given name
Norwegian masculine given name
German masculine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name ERIC
The state with the most people named
ERIC is
California where
100,332 people have this name.
Alaska is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named ERIC, as
436.71 in every 100,000
Alaskans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Alaska is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Mississippi
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name ERIC
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
40,896
317.5
99.9%
Indiana
22,617
342.84
99.8%
Iowa
8,453
272.05
99.7%
Kansas
8,551
294.46
99.6%
Michigan
29,858
301.29
99.9%
Minnesota
17,248
316.07
99.9%
Missouri
5,557
185.61
99.5%
Nebraska
5,138
273.07
99.3%
North Dakota
2,268
306.66
99.0%
Ohio
41,413
357.19
99.9%
South Dakota
2,414
282.95
98.7%
Wisconsin
18,326
318.3
99.8%
West States
State stats for the first name ERIC
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
3,217
436.71
99.4%
Arizona
19,096
283.68
99.8%
California
100,332
258.57
100.0%
Colorado
22,177
414.08
99.9%
Hawaii
4,461
314.27
99.9%
Idaho
5,793
354.45
99.6%
Montana
3,106
303.49
99.1%
Nevada
8,658
304.95
99.8%
New Mexico
5,417
259.75
99.5%
Oregon
13,853
348.91
99.8%
Utah
10,865
369.21
99.8%
Washington
22,367
316.75
99.9%
Wyoming
1,660
284.15
98.7%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name ERIC
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have ERIC as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named ERIC.
The most popular full name is ERIC Johnson.
1.17% of all the people named ERIC
have this family name.
There are 55815 last
names associated with this first name.