Eros
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EER-os
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,323 for boys
Eros is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “love, desire”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 1,323rd for boys in the US (146 babies).
What does Eros mean?
Greek
“love, desire”
Eros is the Greek god of love and desire, the counterpart of the Roman Cupid.
Is Eros a girl's or a boy's name?
Eros is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 146 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eros in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,964th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Eros, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd.
2025 had the most boys named Eros of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Eros in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Eros in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Eros in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,323rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 146 about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 146 boys in the US were named Eros, making it the 1,323rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,463rd. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had the most boys named Eros of any year since it first appeared, in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Eros in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eros in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 146 | #1,323 |
| 2024 | 121 | #1,487 |
| 2023 | 135 | #1,380 |
| 2022 | 144 | #1,308 |
| 2021 | 123 | #1,461 |
| 2020 | 117 | #1,463 |
| 2019 | 106 | #1,574 |
| 2018 | 81 | #1,855 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,065 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,134 |
| 2015 | 66 | #2,112 |
| 2014 | 56 | #2,315 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,224 |
| 2012 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,260 |
| 2010 | 55 | #2,323 |
| 2009 | 50 | #2,527 |
| 2008 | 56 | #2,326 |
| 2007 | 55 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 48 | #2,340 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Names like Eros
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Ezra, Lucas, Enzo, Atlas, Nico, Xander, Theo, Cooper, Idris, Elias, Arlo
Names related to Eros
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie, Lainey
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, “Eros: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eros, updated 20 October 2026.