Era
Era is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 57 births. Its best rank was 340th, in 1898.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 570.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1916157 births
- Best rank
- #340in 1898
- Since 1880
- 5,890people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,890 girls have been named Era in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 157 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1922, and the 1910s alone account for 20%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Era | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 169 | |
| 1890s | 522 | |
| 1900s | 746 | |
| 1910s | 1,207 | |
| 1920s | 1,141 | |
| 1930s | 554 | |
| 1940s | 361 | |
| 1950s | 248 | |
| 1960s | 129 | |
| 1970s | 104 | |
| 1980s | 49 | |
| 1990s | 39 | |
| 2000s | 116 | |
| 2010s | 268 | |
| 2020s | 237 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Era was the 526th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1916 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Era
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Maudiepeak 1918
- Goldiepeak 1915
- Vestapeak 1918
- Ressiepeak 1917
- Exiepeak 1921
- Beulahpeak 1916
- Maybellpeak 1919
- Ovapeak 1919
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.