Erlon — boys' name
31 babies named Erlon in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Erlon was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Erlon in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Erlon
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Erlon between 1914 and 1931, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erlon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1931. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Erlon performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Erlon shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Erlon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Erlon 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 31 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.
Erlon at a glance
Last recorded 1931Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Erlon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–1914
- Peak year (1926)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1931.
31 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 6 births in a single year.
Erlon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 11 births that decade — 35% of Erlon's all-time total
Erlon decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Erlon's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Erlon by state
Where Erlon concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maine | | 11 | 35.5% |
11 of 31 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maine 35.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maine accounts for 35.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–1931 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.