Boys' name · since 2025
Erebus
Since 2025, U.S. Social Security records show 6 babies named Erebus, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #37,521 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,920 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6
- born since 2025
- 2020s
- peak decade
Erebus currently ranks #11920 among boys' names in America, with 6 babies recorded since 2025.
Social Security Administration records show Erebus recorded 6 times among boys since 2025, holding rank #11920 nationally today, ahead of 14% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2025 to 2025.
- #37,521 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,920 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 6 born since 2025
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erebus ranks #37,521 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,920 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 6 born since 2025, peaking in the 2020s.
- #37,521 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,920 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6
- born since 2025
- 2020s
- peak decade
Erebus's 6 recorded births place it above 14.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Erebus compares
6 2nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Erebus's all-time total is 98% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Erebus | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Erebus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Erebus by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (6 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Erebus's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Erebus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Erebus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2025–2025 (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 Erebus 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.