Erbie — boys' name

What the Data Says About Erbie

The Social Security Administration has registered 188 babies named Erbie between 1916 and 1954, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erbie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Erbie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1912.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erbie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Erbie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Erbie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erbie 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 188 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.