Erbey — boys' name
10 babies named Erbey in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Erbey was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Erbey in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Erbey
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Erbey between 1982 and 2001, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erbey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Erbey performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Erbey shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. 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 Erbey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Erbey 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 10 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.
Erbey at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Erbey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1982
- Peak year (1982)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
10 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 5 births in a single year.
Erbey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Erbey's all-time total
Erbey decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Erbey's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Erbey by state
Where Erbey concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 50.0% |
5 of 10 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 50.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 50.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1982–2001 (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.