Boys' name · since 1910
Erasmo
3,939 babies named Erasmo in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,118 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,716 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,939
- born since 1910
- 1990s
- peak decade
3,939 babies have been named Erasmo since 1910, making it today's #4716 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Erasmo recorded 3,939 times among boys since 1910, holding rank #4716 nationally today, ahead of 66% of boys, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2025.
- #2,118 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,716 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 3,939 born since 1910
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erasmo ranks #2,118 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,716 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 3,939 born since 1910, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,118 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,716 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,939
- born since 1910
- 1990s
- peak decade
Erasmo's 3,939 recorded births place it above 95.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Erasmo compares
3,939 Top 15% higher than 85% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Erasmo's all-time total is 11x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Erasmo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,939 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 73 | 34 | 22,252 |
Erasmo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Erasmo's full recorded timeline at 1969, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1910, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 73 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Erasmo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 73
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Erasmo by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (553 births, 14% of the file).
1990s was Erasmo's strongest decade.
553 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Erasmo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 62
1910s
62 births
- 1920s 211
1920s
211 births
- 1930s
1930s
228 births
- 1940s
1940s
307 births
- 1950s
1950s
424 births
- 1960s
1960s
383 births
- 1970s
1970s
471 births
- 1980s
1980s
498 births
- 1990s
1990s
553 births
- 2000s
2000s
470 births
- 2010s 217
2010s
217 births
- 2020s 115
2020s
115 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 553 births (14% of all-time use).
How Erasmo compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Erasmo's total volume
Erasmo by state
Where Erasmo concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,246 | 57.0% |
| #2 | California | | 435 | 11.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 45 | 1.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 23 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 13 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 11 | 0.3% |
2,246 of 3,939 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Erasmo's data
- Erasmo's decade-level peak was the 1990s (553 total births); usage has since declined to 115 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Erasmos (2,246 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Erasmo
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Erasmo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~115 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1910–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Erasmo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.