Eran
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-RAHN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Eran is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “watchful, alert”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Eran mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“watchful, alert”
In the Bible Eran, a grandson of Ephraim, founded the clan of the Eranites (Numbers 26:36).
Is Eran a girl's or a boy's name?
Eran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eran in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 boys.
Eran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Eran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Eran, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966.
2025 had more boys named Eran than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Eran in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eran in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
Names like Eran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Conan Keegan Kenan Ronan Brody Regan Declan Conlan Brogan Finn Keelan Kayden
Names related to Eran
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Eran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eran, updated 20 October 2026.