Erasmus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Erasmus

The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Erasmus between 1880 and 2021, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erasmus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erasmus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Erasmus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Erasmus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erasmus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 117 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.