Boys' name · since 1952
Erasto
145 babies named Erasto in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,971 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 145
- born since 1952
- 1990s
- peak decade
Erasto is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 145 have been recorded since 1952.
Erasto has 145 recorded births among boys since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2016.
- #14,971 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 145 born since 1952
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erasto ranks #14,971 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1952, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,971 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 145
- born since 1952
- 1990s
- peak decade
Erasto's 145 recorded births place it above 67.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Erasto's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Erasto splits its recorded history at 1994: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1952 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Erasto popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2016
- Peak year (1995)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Erasto by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (52 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Erasto's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Erasto births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 52 births (36% of all-time use).
Erasto by state
Where Erasto concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 145 births nationwide.
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What to do with Erasto's data
- Erasto's decade-level peak was the 1990s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Erastos (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Erasto: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1952–2016 (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 Erasto 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.