Girls' name · since 1975
Erum
119 babies named Erum in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,197 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 119
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Erum is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 119 have been recorded since 1975.
Erum has 119 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2019.
- #25,197 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 119 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erum ranks #25,197 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 119 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #25,197 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 119
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Erum's 119 recorded births place it above 65.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Erum's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Erum's full recorded timeline at 1993, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Erum popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2019
- Peak year (1995)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Erum by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (42 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Erum's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Erum births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 42 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Erum's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (42 total births) through the 2010s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Erum: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Erum draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.