How rare is the name Erich?

10,617 people in the United States have the first name Erich, about 1 in 28,448. It ranks #2,365 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ERICH

#2,365

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,617
About
1 in 28,448
This common or more
79.5%
Who bears it

Of the 10,617 people named Erich, 85.4% reported their origin as White, 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 3% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Erich peaked in 1971, when 343 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18942025
Peak year
1971
Births that year
343
In 2025*
15 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,706 babies have been given the name since 1894. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Erich by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,113. The largest share of babies named Erich, 34%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1890s#2,57031
1900s#3,50922
1910s#2,860180
1920s#3,295218
1930s#2,696253
1940s#2,441365
1950s#1,889800
1960s#1,2621,946
1970s#1,1132,650
1980s#1,2992,380
1990s#1,9161,673
2000s#4,047758
2010s#7,531327
2020s#11,391103
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–273%
Silent Generation 1928–454.3%
Baby boom 1946–6415.9%
Generation X 1965–8034%
Millennials 1981–9628.9%
Generation Z 1997–1210.8%
2013 and later2.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Erich is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Erich has been most common in Wisconsin (2.5×), New Jersey (1.9×), and Illinois (1.9×), and least common in Arizona (0.53×).

7,613 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Erich

#2,363 Tyree · 10,621#2,364 Ileana · 10,619#2,366 Lucio · 10,616#2,367 Lucila · 10,611

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Erich, most common first.

#41 Eric · 767,096#259 Erica · 215,652#675 Erick · 78,395#28,083 Erico · 322#31,775 Ericha · 268#38,893 Erice · 196#45,015 Ericah · 152

Also a last name

As a last name, Erich ranks #45,922 of 156,621, with 501 people. See Erich as a last name

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