Erie
A boys’ name of Iroquoian origin, meaning people of the long tail.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Erie by the numbers
Erie was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 81 babies in 1970, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Erie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ericeternal ruler2,757 in the US (2017)
- Eriketernal ruler; ever powerful895 in the US (2017)
- Ernieserious, resolute; a form of Ernest138 in England and Wales (2025)
- Erisdiscord; strife; Greek goddess126 in the US (2017)
- Elieascended; a form of Elijah44 in the US (2017)
- Eriqnoble; a form of Erik7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Erie
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