Erskine
Last seen for boys in 2011 at #12,287
- Peak · boys
- 1921 · 46 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,996since 1898
Erskine over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Erskine has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #2,054 | 23 |
| 1975 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #1,659 | 29 |
| 1973 | #1,736 | 26 |
| 1972 | #1,966 | 21 |
| 1971 | #1,705 | 27 |
| 1970 | #1,743 | 25 |
| 1969 | #1,570 | 27 |
| 1968 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1967 | #1,573 | 24 |
| 1966 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1965 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | #1,483 | 28 |
| 1957 | #1,411 | 31 |
| 1956 | #1,443 | 29 |
| 1955 | #1,219 | 38 |
| 1954 | #1,242 | 36 |
| 1953 | #1,214 | 38 |
| 1952 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1951 | #1,171 | 38 |
| 1950 | #1,232 | 34 |
| 1949 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1948 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,036 | 48 |
| 1946 | #1,217 | 33 |
| 1945 | #1,327 | 25 |
| 1944 | #1,438 | 22 |
| 1943 | #1,214 | 32 |
| 1942 | #1,193 | 34 |
| 1941 | #1,300 | 26 |
| 1940 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1939 | #1,297 | 26 |
| 1938 | #1,439 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,344 | 25 |
| 1936 | #1,326 | 25 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,386 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,829 | 15 |
| 1932 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #1,239 | 31 |
| 1930 | #1,463 | 25 |
| 1929 | #1,312 | 29 |
| 1928 | #1,569 | 23 |
| 1927 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1926 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1925 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1924 | #1,133 | 40 |
| 1923 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1922 | #1,282 | 32 |
| 1921 | #1,026 | 46 |
| 1920 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #1,576 | 22 |
| 1918 | #1,343 | 28 |
| 1917 | #1,264 | 29 |
| 1916 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1898
The first year at least five boys were named Erskine! It came in at #1,121, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1903, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Erskine
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1921 at #1,026 (46 births)
- Births halved by 1928, 7 yrs 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 21,354
- Highest: 1 in 21,354 boys born in 1904 were named Erskine (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,850 boys born in 2011 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,026 in 1921, was only 1 in 23,945 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 16.2% of all boys named Erskine (324) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,121 (1898) | #1,121 |
| 1900s | 23 | #1,064 (1904) | #1,208 |
| 1910s | 164 | #1,264 (1917) | #1,580 |
| 1920s | 319 | #1,026 (1921) | #1,345 |
| 1930s | 225 | #1,239 (1931) | #1,494 |
| 1940s | 323 | #1,036 (1947) | #1,230 |
| 1950s | 324 | #1,171 (1951) | #1,350 |
| 1960s | 207 | #1,540 (1966) | #1,790 |
| 1970s | 213 | #1,659 (1974) | #2,193 |
| 1980s | 109 | #2,536 (1980) | #4,301 |
| 1990s | 50 | #4,167 (1990) | #5,577 |
| 2000s | 29 | #7,416 (2000) | #10,896 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,287 (2011) | #12,287 |
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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