Erlene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Erlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,332 babies named Erlene between 1903 and 1988, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Erlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 74 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erlene performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 578 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Erlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 58 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Erlene in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erlene 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 2,332 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.