Erie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EER-ee
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Erie is a girls' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Erie mean?
Native American: from the Erie people, after whom Lake Erie is named
Lake Erie is named after the Erie, an Iroquoian people whom the French called the Cat Nation.
Is Erie a girl's or a boy's name?
Erie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Erie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Erie, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 42 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Erie than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Erie in the US since 1880 were born between 1909 and 1941, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1914, 69% of the babies named Erie in the US were girls. By 1984 it was 14%, with more boys than girls since 1947.
Erie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,698 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,768 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,481 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,694 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,634 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,534 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,952 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,588 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,448 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,252 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,810 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,637 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,575 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,668 |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,375 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,242 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,255 |
| 1917 | 39 | #1,149 |
| 1916 | 42 | #1,087 |
| 1915 | 32 | #1,231 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,262 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,405 |
| 1912 | 36 | #833 |
| 1911 | 20 | #982 |
| 1910 | 23 | #896 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,015 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 20 | #840 |
| 1906 | 16 | #917 |
| 1905 | 15 | #968 |
| 1904 | 29 | #640 |
| 1903 | 13 | #969 |
| 1902 | 21 | #756 |
| 1901 | 13 | #918 |
| 1900 | 15 | #970 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 18 | #790 |
| 1897 | 18 | #735 |
| 1896 | 17 | #790 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,061 |
| 1893 | 21 | #630 |
| 1892 | 17 | #706 |
| 1891 | 12 | #796 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1889 | 12 | #757 |
| 1888 | 12 | #753 |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
| 1884 | 12 | #614 |
| 1883 | 7 | #754 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #738 |
Names like Erie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elsie, Lottie, Hattie, Nellie, Winnie, Estelle, Annie, Millie, Birdie, Lettie, Goldie, Rosie
Names related to Erie
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota
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, “Erie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erie, updated 20 October 2026.