Erlin
- Last seen for girls in 2000 at #13,154
- #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
- Given to boys 97.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1931 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 362since 1916
Erlin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Erlin has never cracked the top 3,000 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,045 | 19 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,200 | 25 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,610 | 22 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,184 | 25 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,770 | 15 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,999 | 14 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,763 | 12 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1916
The first year at least five boys were named Erlin! It came in at #3,516, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1930, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Erlin is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Erlin in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Erlin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 845 spots since 2024 (#4,200 → #5,045)
- 190 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #5,045)
- 954 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #5,045)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1931 at #3,390 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 68,916
- Highest: 1 in 68,916 boys born in 2024 were named Erlin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,390 in 1931, was only 1 in 173,278 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 32.9% of all boys named Erlin (119) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,516 (1916) | #3,516 |
| 1920s | 5 | #4,151 (1928) | #4,151 |
| 1930s | 6 | #3,390 (1931) | #3,390 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 11 | #6,426 (1988) | #6,475 |
| 1990s | 17 | #7,638 (1993) | #8,328 |
| 2000s | 92 | #6,088 (2002) | #7,084 |
| 2010s | 106 | #5,770 (2018) | #7,625 |
| 2020s | 119 | #4,184 (2022) | #5,061 |
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.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Erlin ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: