Eero
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EH-roh
- Origin
- Old Norse
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Eero is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “ever ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Eero mean?
Old Norse: Finnish form of Erik
“ever ruler”
Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen designed the Gateway Arch in St Louis.
Is Eero a girl's or a boy's name?
Eero is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eero in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Eero, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had fewer boys named Eero than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Eero in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eero in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Eero
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Enzo, Thiago, Cairo, Kylo, Milo, Kairo, Viggo, Ezra, Kenzo, Nico, Ares, Arlo
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Eero: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eero, updated 20 October 2026.