Erlinda
Erlinda was last recorded in 2023, when 10 babies were given it; 4,656 Americans have been recorded with it between 1900 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,860 Americans named Erlinda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 51 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Erlinda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Erlinda?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #9,823, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
171 babies in 1949, the peak
Erlinda peaked in 1949, when 171 girls were given it, #631 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | #9,823 | 6.2 |
| 2022 | 6 | #14,106 | 3.7 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,432 | 4.9 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,842 | 3.1 |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,290 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | 5 | #16,427 | 2.9 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,508 | 3.9 |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,213 | 3.4 |
| 2012 | 5 | #17,691 | 2.8 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,797 | 4.0 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | #10,662 | 5.6 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,768 | 4.9 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,664 | 6.3 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,930 | 4.7 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,753 | 4.2 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,370 | 5.4 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,925 | 2.7 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,475 | 12.0 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,167 | 8.3 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,941 | 6.1 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,904 | 8.3 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,655 | 4.5 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,168 | 6.2 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,935 | 6.3 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,752 | 6.3 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,758 | 9.1 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,792 | 7.3 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,660 | 6.1 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,804 | 8.7 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,240 | 9.6 |
| 1990 | 25 | #4,035 | 13.2 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,552 | 10.8 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,727 | 14.0 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,342 | 10.9 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,378 | 15.2 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,648 | 13.4 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,691 | 20.2 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,084 | 16.2 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,853 | 18.9 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,900 | 12.0 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,763 | 19.9 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,878 | 18.7 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,220 | 15.7 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,020 | 17.0 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,072 | 28.7 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,285 | 24.7 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,311 | 23.2 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,189 | 24.7 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,285 | 21.7 |
| 1971 | 28 | #2,613 | 16.8 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,055 | 22.9 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,941 | 24.9 |
| 1968 | 36 | #2,006 | 21.9 |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,568 | 31.5 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,676 | 26.6 |
| 1965 | 52 | #1,549 | 29.5 |
| 1964 | 56 | #1,521 | 29.6 |
| 1963 | 73 | #1,292 | 37.9 |
| 1962 | 58 | #1,462 | 29.5 |
| 1961 | 75 | #1,280 | 37.2 |
| 1960 | 83 | #1,191 | 41.0 |
| 1959 | 72 | #1,262 | 35.6 |
| 1958 | 88 | #1,129 | 43.7 |
| 1957 | 94 | #1,074 | 46.0 |
| 1956 | 100 | #1,024 | 49.8 |
| 1955 | 68 | #1,224 | 34.8 |
| 1954 | 100 | #973 | 51.5 |
| 1953 | 115 | #875 | 61.1 |
| 1952 | 98 | #936 | 52.8 |
| 1951 | 123 | #803 | 68.3 |
| 1950 | 133 | #746 | 77.6 |
| 1949 | 171 | #631 | 99.9 |
| 1948 | 140 | #706 | 82.5 |
| 1947 | 129 | #754 | 72.8 |
| 1946 | 94 | #852 | 59.8 |
| 1945 | 90 | #795 | 68.9 |
| 1944 | 71 | #910 | 53.5 |
| 1943 | 76 | #895 | 54.5 |
| 1942 | 65 | #974 | 48.1 |
| 1941 | 70 | #871 | 57.9 |
| 1940 | 61 | #916 | 53.3 |
| 1939 | 51 | #990 | 46.5 |
| 1938 | 75 | #813 | 68.0 |
| 1937 | 62 | #880 | 58.3 |
| 1936 | 53 | #944 | 50.9 |
| 1935 | 67 | #842 | 63.9 |
| 1934 | 49 | #986 | 46.9 |
| 1933 | 37 | #1,167 | 36.7 |
| 1932 | 49 | #1,008 | 45.9 |
| 1931 | 54 | #944 | 50.7 |
| 1930 | 65 | #897 | 57.7 |
| 1929 | 63 | #904 | 56.4 |
| 1928 | 58 | #974 | 50.3 |
| 1927 | 55 | #1,038 | 46.1 |
| 1926 | 56 | #999 | 47.2 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,257 | 32.0 |
| 1924 | 58 | #1,007 | 46.4 |
| 1923 | 42 | #1,200 | 34.8 |
| 1922 | 33 | #1,408 | 27.5 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,154 | 35.7 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,322 | 29.2 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,578 | 23.0 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,770 | 19.0 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,941 | 16.6 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,292 | 13.4 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,070 | 15.2 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,720 | 10.5 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,209 | 14.4 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,734 | 10.8 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,591 | 12.0 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,823 | 20.2 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,509 | 25.9 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,931 | 17.9 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,662 | 22.9 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,657 | 22.7 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,021 | 16.7 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Erlinda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Erlinda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 116 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Erlinda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Erlinda, and how old are they?
2,860 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 62% of the 4,656 Americans ever recorded as Erlinda. The median Erlinda alive today is 67 years old; half are between 51 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 10,160 people named Erlinda (10,143 women and girls, 17 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,216 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.2 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 353 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,420 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 544 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 326 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 166 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 52 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Erlinda born?
The states with the most babies named Erlinda are California, Texas and New Mexico, with 89% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Mexico is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,283 | not ranked | 3.7× |
| Texas | 1,251 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| New Mexico | 611 | not ranked | 21.4× |
| Arizona | 321 | not ranked | 8.4× |
| Colorado | 40 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Hawaii | 28 | not ranked | 1.5× |
Where Erlinda is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Erlinda is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 21.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Erlinda with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Erlinda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Erlinda and names like it
- Compare Erlinda and ThomasineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sErlinda peaked in 1949.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Erlinda since 1910.
- The top names of 1949The year the most babies were named Erlinda.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Erlinda alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.