Erastus
- Last seen for boys in 1957 at #3,993
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 19 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 407since 1880
Erastus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Erastus has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
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| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
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| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
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| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
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| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
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| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
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| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #1,459 | 23 |
| 1915 | #1,505 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
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| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
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| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
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| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #641 | 12 |
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| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
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| 1891 | #766 | 7 |
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| 1888 | #580 | 12 |
| 1887 | #544 | 11 |
| 1886 | #605 | 10 |
| 1885 | #480 | 15 |
| 1884 | #613 | 10 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #489 | 14 |
| 1881 | #533 | 11 |
| 1880 | #392 | 19 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Erastus was already there! It came in at #392, and was given to 19 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Erastus is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Erastus in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Erastus
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1957
- Biggest jump: 133 spots in 1885
- Biggest drop: 416 spots in 1897
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #392 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1884–1888
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,815
- Highest: 1 in 5,815 boys born in 1880 were named Erastus (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 431,447 boys born in 1957 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 27.0% of all boys named Erastus (110) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 102 | #392 (1880) | #530 |
| 1890s | 35 | #641 (1896) | #898 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,205 (1904) | #1,258 |
| 1910s | 110 | #1,459 (1916) | #2,039 |
| 1920s | 103 | #1,904 (1921) | #2,780 |
| 1930s | 23 | #2,829 (1939) | #3,436 |
| 1940s | 19 | #2,690 (1946) | #3,183 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,993 (1957) | #3,993 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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