Eris

girls’ name · 84%boys’ name · 16%ComebackCompare

Eris is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 124 births. Its best rank was 457th, in 1923.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 1240.01% of girls
Peak year: 1923226 births
Best rank: #457in 1923
Since 1913: 3,187people given the name

Babies named Eris, by year of birthgirlsboys

The story in the numbers

2,675 girls have been named Eris in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 226 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 28%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Eris is used for both sexes: 16% of its bearers are boys (512), most of them born around 2021.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Eris
1910s	29
1920s	524
1930s	80
1940s	59
1950s	38
1960s	23
1970s	20
1980s	48
1990s	100
2000s	390
2010s	746
2020s	618

In 1923, its biggest year

Eris was the 457th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1923 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Betty. See all of 1923.

Names that rose and fell with Eris

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.