Girls' name · since 1913
Erlean
Erlean has 68 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,438 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 68
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
68 girls have been named Erlean since 1913, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Erlean has 68 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1947.
- #31,438 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 68 born since 1913
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erlean ranks #31,438 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 68 born since 1913, peaking in the 1920s.
- #31,438 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 68
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Erlean's 68 recorded births place it above 56.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Erlean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Erlean splits its recorded history at 1923: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1919 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Erlean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1947
- Peak year (1919)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Erlean by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (38 births, 56% of the file).
1920s was Erlean's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Erlean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
38 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 38 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Erlean's decade-level peak was the 1920s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Erlean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1913–1947 (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 Erlean 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.