Given name & surname
Erie
“woman from Ireland”·“a man from Ireland”
Erie is a variant of Erin. Interpretations include “woman from Ireland” and “a man from Ireland”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Erie is a variant of Erin. Interpretations include “woman from Ireland” and “a man from Ireland”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Erie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,440
- 1,958 boys · 1,482 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 81 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,731 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +56%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,731 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 55.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 42 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 773 as a first name in 2020; 692 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Erie’s family of names
Erie has a related form in Erin. In Japanese usage, Erie is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 絵里恵.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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