# Era (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/era/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,009 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 54 / 5,955 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 183, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 6,658 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,419 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,093 |
| 2014 | 22 | 5,855 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,175 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4,189 |
| 2017 | 30 | 4,603 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,949 |
| 2019 | 43 | 3,569 |
| 2020 | 42 | 3,566 |
| 2021 | 47 | 3,357 |
| 2022 | 50 | 3,236 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3,730 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,865 |
| 2025 | 64 | 2,704 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 7 | 2,738 |
| 1919 | 5 | 4,362 |
| 1920 | 10 | 2,832 |
| 1929 | 6 | 3,682 |
| 1949 | 6 | 3,437 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,621 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,048 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,250 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,863 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.