Eros

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Eros: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Eros: Recorded since 2004, its highest recorded position is #655, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#655highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#2578
2005	#3849
2007	#3589
2009	#4527
2012	#3416
2014	#4632
2015	#3908
2017	#3449
2018	#3412
2019	#3411
2020	#2404
2021	#2730
2022	#2165
2023	#2813
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 15 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

In 2024: #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2921 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #2578 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Eros by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Eros in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	15	4 of 10	4
2010s	27	6 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	39	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Eros appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #655 in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Eros's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #655, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#655position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
20 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
10births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ahaan · #655, 16y
Aminat · #655, 18y
Avyan · #655, 12y
Beyonce · #655, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ahaan · #655, 16y
Beyonce · #655, 13y
Lael · #655, 14y
Moksh · #655, 15y

Eros was ranked #655 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Eros and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Eros without appearing here.

Eros moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2404 and #4608.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2165 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Eros

Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2578 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1190.
Henrik Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2578 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #2174.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2728.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #655 in Republic of Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Eros

Eros at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eros by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Eros moved ahead of

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Eros at a glance

Eros by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Eros appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Eros

Eros and the names beside it

Eros moved ahead of

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