Total births
119
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.
- 119
- total births
- 1975–2019
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that 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.
- 119 total births
- 1975–2019 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 35% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
119 girls have been named Erum since 1975, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2019.
- 119
- total births
- 1975–2019
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
1990s
Peak decade
35% of everyone ever named Erum was born in this single decade.
1995
Single peak year
9 babies were named Erum in 1995 - its busiest year on record.
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 at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
1995
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1975
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Erum? ▼
119 babies have been named Erum since 1975. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1995 with 9 births.
When was Erum most popular? ▼
Erum was most popular in the 1990s decade with 42 total births. The single peak year was 1995.
How long has the name Erum been used? ▼
Erum has been recorded in Social Security data since 1975, spanning 45 years of data through 2019.
What to do with Erum's data
- 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.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Erum: Baby Name Since 1975 - 119 Births, Peak 1995." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/erum. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 July 2026.