Erling
#4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 45 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,402since 1908
Erling over time
Rank among boys' names. Erling has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,249 | 24 |
| 2024 | #2,915 | 43 |
| 2023 | #2,480 | 54 |
| 2022 | #4,303 | 24 |
| 2021 | #5,338 | 17 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
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| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
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| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
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| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #1,601 | 20 |
| 1945 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #1,629 | 19 |
| 1941 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #1,532 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,354 | 25 |
| 1934 | #1,323 | 26 |
| 1933 | #1,310 | 26 |
| 1932 | #1,356 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,361 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,259 | 32 |
| 1929 | #1,154 | 36 |
| 1928 | #1,188 | 36 |
| 1927 | #1,178 | 37 |
| 1926 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #1,121 | 39 |
| 1924 | #1,071 | 44 |
| 1923 | #1,101 | 42 |
| 1922 | #1,503 | 25 |
| 1921 | #1,178 | 37 |
| 1920 | #985 | 49 |
| 1919 | #1,009 | 45 |
| 1918 | #1,062 | 41 |
| 1917 | #982 | 44 |
| 1916 | #984 | 42 |
| 1915 | #893 | 48 |
| 1914 | #1,019 | 30 |
| 1913 | #667 | 45 |
| 1912 | #935 | 23 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Erling! It came in at #1,373, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Erling is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#217 · 1 in 1,756
- Wisconsin#298 · 1 in 3,775
- New York#597 · 1 in 18,083
Best ever in a state: #71 in North Dakota, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #217 | 12 | 1 in 1,756 |
| Wisconsin | #298 | 6 | 1 in 3,775 |
| New York | #597 | 5 | 1 in 18,083 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Erling
- 1,334 spots since 2024 (#2,915 → #4,249)
- 7,773 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #4,249)
- Biggest jump: 805 spots in 1912 (#1,740 → #935)
- Biggest drop: 352 spots in 1914 (#667 → #1,019)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1913 at #667 (45 births)
- Births halved by 1926, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1915–1917
- Highest: 1 in 11,390 boys born in 1913 were named Erling (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.0% of all boys named Erling (365) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,373 (1908) | #1,373 |
| 1910s | 330 | #667 (1913) | #1,061 |
| 1920s | 365 | #985 (1920) | #1,220 |
| 1930s | 227 | #1,259 (1930) | #1,482 |
| 1940s | 153 | #1,525 (1944) | #1,916 |
| 1950s | 89 | #2,177 (1958) | #2,668 |
| 1960s | 56 | #2,685 (1960) | #3,342 |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,986 (1972) | #4,986 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,185 (2016) | #12,185 |
| 2020s | 167 | #2,480 (2023) | #5,218 |
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.
Erling in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 21,722 of them was named Erling, which outranked 80.3% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.