Erasto — boys' name
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.
36% of everyone ever named Erasto was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Erasto in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Erasto
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Erasto between 1952 and 2016, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erasto currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Erasto performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Erasto shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Erasto in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Erasto 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 145 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.
Erasto at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Erasto popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1952
- Peak year (1995)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
145 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 9 births in a single year.
Erasto by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 52 births that decade — 36% of Erasto's all-time total
Erasto decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Erasto's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1952–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.