Erle — boys' name

What the Data Says About Erle

The Social Security Administration has registered 855 babies named Erle between 1882 and 1981, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Erle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Erle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erle 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 855 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.