Is Eri a boy or girl name?

Eri is a unisex name. Of the 904 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 56.8% were girls and 43.2% were boys. It changed hands in 2020, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Eri

Recorded 1963–2025 · United States

Eri was most popular in 2024, when 55 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,263 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,305, with 42 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 904 people named Eri.

Eri over time

Births per year. The dot marks Eri’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Eri a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Eri is a unisex name — 56.8% of the 904 Americans given it were girls and 43.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2020 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 81% girls and 19% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Eri

Where Eri is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 5.8×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org