Ervan — boys' name
237 babies named Ervan in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Ervan was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Ervan in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ervan
The Social Security Administration has registered 237 babies named Ervan between 1913 and 1966, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ervan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ervan performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ervan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ervan 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 237 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.
Ervan at a glance
Last recorded 1966Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ervan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1913
- Peak year (1918)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1966.
237 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 14 births in a single year.
Ervan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 73 births that decade — 31% of Ervan's all-time total
Ervan decade highlights
- Peak decade 73 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ervan's strongest decade
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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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, 1913–1966 (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.