Eretria
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-REE-tree-uh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Eretria is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Eretria mean?
Greek: name of an ancient Greek city on Euboea
Eretria is an ancient Greek city on Euboea, and a Rover girl in Terry Brooks' The Elfstones of Shannara.
Is Eretria a girl's or a boy's name?
Eretria is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eretria in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Eretria, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 2016.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Eretria since it first appeared, in 2016.
Half of all the girls named Eretria in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eretria in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
Names like Eretria
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emilia Ophelia Magnolia Elara Cataleya Alessia Analeia Calliope Eliora Amelia Sophia Elianna
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
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, “Eretria: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eretria, updated 20 October 2026.