Erling — #2913 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Erling

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,378 babies named Erling between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erling currently holds the #2913 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 54 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erling performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 365 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Erling shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 251 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Dakota and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Erling in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erling 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 1,378 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.