Erastus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Erastus

The Social Security Administration has registered 407 babies named Erastus between 1880 and 1957, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erastus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erastus performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Erastus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Erastus in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erastus 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 407 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.