Boys' name · since 1916
Erlin
362 babies named Erlin in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,569 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,065 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 362
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Erlin currently ranks #5065 among boys' names in America, with 362 babies recorded since 1916.
Erlin has 362 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5065 as of the latest data, more common than 64% 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 1916 to 2025.
- #9,569 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,065 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 362 born since 1916
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erlin ranks #9,569 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,065 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 362 born since 1916, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,569 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,065 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 362
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Erlin's 362 recorded births place it above 78.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Erlin compares
362 49th 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
Erlin's all-time total is 2% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Erlin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 362 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Erlin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Erlin splits its recorded history at 2009: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1928 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Erlin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Erlin popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 1991 (Erlin as girls' name)
Erlin by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (119 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Erlin's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Erlin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
92 births
- 2010s
2010s
106 births
- 2020s
2020s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 119 births (33% of all-time use).
Erlin by state
Where Erlin concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 24 | 6.6% |
24 of 362 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Erlins (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Erlin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Erlin 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.