Masculine dossier · first seen 1894

Erich

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Erich
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.3% from peak

Peak era

1971

Peak rank proxy

343

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1894Peak 19712024

Peak year

1971

Decline from peak

95.3%

2024

All-time

11,660

Erich once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1971, when 343 boys were named Erich.

In 2024, only 16 boys were given the name.

Down 95.3% from its peak.

All told, about 11,660 Americans have been named Erich and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1894.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.3% from peak

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