Erlene
Last seen for girls in 1988 at #8,391
- Peak · girls
- 1933 · 70 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,332since 1903
Erlene over time
Rank among girls' names. Erlene has never cracked the top 700 here.
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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| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | — | |
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| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 |
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| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
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| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
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| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 28 |
| 1955 | #2,108 | 26 |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 |
| 1953 | #1,671 | 35 |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 |
| 1951 | #1,611 | 35 |
| 1950 | #1,626 | 33 |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 |
| 1948 | #1,439 | 41 |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 |
| 1946 | #1,439 | 37 |
| 1945 | #1,356 | 35 |
| 1944 | #1,062 | 54 |
| 1943 | #1,342 | 37 |
| 1942 | #1,065 | 54 |
| 1941 | #1,087 | 46 |
| 1940 | #1,097 | 43 |
| 1939 | #960 | 54 |
| 1938 | #1,111 | 42 |
| 1937 | #910 | 57 |
| 1936 | #870 | 61 |
| 1935 | #1,031 | 45 |
| 1934 | #905 | 57 |
| 1933 | #790 | 70 |
| 1932 | #923 | 58 |
| 1931 | #887 | 60 |
| 1930 | #824 | 74 |
| 1929 | #876 | 66 |
| 1928 | #1,041 | 52 |
| 1927 | #935 | 64 |
| 1926 | #1,023 | 53 |
| 1925 | #944 | 62 |
| 1924 | #1,086 | 52 |
| 1923 | #1,027 | 54 |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 |
| 1921 | #946 | 61 |
| 1920 | #921 | 62 |
| 1919 | #1,121 | 43 |
| 1918 | #1,165 | 41 |
| 1917 | #1,183 | 37 |
| 1916 | #993 | 48 |
| 1915 | #1,075 | 39 |
| 1914 | #1,080 | 31 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
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| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Erlene! It came in at #1,204, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1906, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Erlene is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#545 · 1 in 7,725
Best ever in a state: #106 in Vermont, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #545 | 5 | 1 in 7,725 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Erlene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
- Biggest jump: 200 spots in 1920 (#1,121 → #921)
- Biggest drop: 518 spots in 1922 (#946 → #1,464)
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 1933 at #790 (70 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1929–1934
- Highest: 1 in 14,399 girls born in 1933 were named Erlene (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 222,607 girls born in 1988 (0.00%)
- 24.8% of all girls named Erlene (578) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 27 | #1,204 (1903) | #1,711 |
| 1910s | 287 | #993 (1916) | #1,310 |
| 1920s | 557 | #876 (1929) | #1,026 |
| 1930s | 578 | #790 (1933) | #921 |
| 1940s | 420 | #1,062 (1944) | #1,302 |
| 1950s | 282 | #1,611 (1951) | #2,039 |
| 1960s | 110 | #2,839 (1961) | #4,411 |
| 1970s | 28 | #5,984 (1975) | #7,131 |
| 1980s | 43 | #5,571 (1981) | #7,456 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Erlene in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 38,742 of them was named Erlene, which outranked 74.7% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,430Vlasta32
- #1,430Wauneta32
- #1,430Wenona32
- #1,464Erlene31
- #1,464Alexandria31
- #1,464Arizona31
- #1,464Arlee31
- #1,508Arla30
- #1,508Bettina30
- #1,508Candelaria30
Tied with 43 names at #1,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.