Erline — girls' name

What the Data Says About Erline

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,640 babies named Erline between 1897 and 2005, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Erline currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 72 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erline performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 556 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Erline shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 85 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Erline in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erline 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 1,640 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.