Erskine — boys' name

What the Data Says About Erskine

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,996 babies named Erskine between 1898 and 2011, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erskine currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erskine performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 324 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Erskine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 393 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Erskine in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erskine 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 1,996 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.