Erline
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462
- Peak · girls
- 1927 · 72 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,640since 1897
Erline over time
Rank among girls' names. Erline has never cracked the top 800 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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| rank | births | |
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| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
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| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,596 | 23 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 |
| 1936 | #1,245 | 33 |
| 1935 | #1,418 | 27 |
| 1934 | #1,317 | 30 |
| 1933 | #1,289 | 31 |
| 1932 | #1,015 | 48 |
| 1931 | #1,175 | 37 |
| 1930 | #1,181 | 40 |
| 1929 | #1,174 | 40 |
| 1928 | #1,163 | 43 |
| 1927 | #874 | 72 |
| 1926 | #1,023 | 53 |
| 1925 | #996 | 56 |
| 1924 | #934 | 66 |
| 1923 | #1,142 | 45 |
| 1922 | #906 | 65 |
| 1921 | #1,010 | 55 |
| 1920 | #931 | 61 |
| 1919 | #1,075 | 46 |
| 1918 | #1,018 | 50 |
| 1917 | #923 | 56 |
| 1916 | #979 | 49 |
| 1915 | #1,173 | 34 |
| 1914 | #1,199 | 26 |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 |
| 1911 | #958 | 21 |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Erline! It came in at #1,094, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Erline is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#367 · 1 in 2,933
- North Carolina#481 · 1 in 6,301
- Missouri#497 · 1 in 5,713
Best ever in a state: #281 in South Carolina, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #367 | 6 | 1 in 2,933 |
| North Carolina | #481 | 5 | 1 in 6,301 |
| Missouri | #497 | 5 | 1 in 5,713 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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 Erline
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 208 spots in 1924 (#1,142 → #934)
- Biggest drop: 519 spots in 1912 (#958 → #1,477)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1927 at #874 (72 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1916–1917
- Highest: 1 in 16,562 girls born in 1927 were named Erline (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 369,568 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 33.9% of all girls named Erline (556) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 14 | #1,094 (1897) | #1,397 |
| 1900s | 66 | #1,101 (1906) | #1,473 |
| 1910s | 334 | #923 (1917) | #1,109 |
| 1920s | 556 | #874 (1927) | #1,015 |
| 1930s | 301 | #1,015 (1932) | #1,427 |
| 1940s | 161 | #1,874 (1945) | #2,342 |
| 1950s | 133 | #2,064 (1951) | #3,278 |
| 1960s | 26 | #5,696 (1960) | #6,581 |
| 1970s | 33 | #7,070 (1970) | #8,285 |
| 1980s | 6 | #9,825 (1987) | #9,825 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,317 (1992) | #13,317 |
| 2000s | 5 | #16,462 (2005) | #16,462 |
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.
Erline in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
More about 1917
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1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 19,308 of them was named Erline, which outranked 82.6% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).