Erian
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- AIR-ee-an
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Erian is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
Where does Erian come from?
Modern: invented name, perhaps from Eric and Ian, or a variant of Arian
Is Erian a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Erian has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US.
How popular is Erian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Erian, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had the most boys named Erian of any year since it first appeared, in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Erian in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were given Erian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,784, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
Erian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
Names like Erian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian, Finnegan, Kayden, Braylen, Rayden, Brecken, Killian, Finn, Declan, Kian, Raiden, Ronan
Other spellings of Erian
Names related to Erian
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Erian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erian, updated 20 October 2026.