Boys' name · since 2008
Erlan
17 babies named Erlan in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,097 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,310 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 17
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
17 babies have been named Erlan since 2008, making it today's #10310 boys' name.
Erlan has 17 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10310 as of the latest data, more common than 26% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #30,097 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,310 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 17 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erlan ranks #30,097 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,310 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 17 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,097 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,310 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 17
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Erlan's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Erlan compares
17 7th 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
Erlan's all-time total is 95% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Erlan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Erlan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Erlan's full recorded timeline at 2024, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Erlan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Erlan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Erlan's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Erlan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Erlan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~17 yrs)
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, 2008–2025 (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 Erlan 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.