Boys' name · since 1899
Erven
450 babies named Erven in U.S. Social Security records since 1899, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,394 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 450
- born since 1899
- 1920s
- peak decade
450 boys have been named Erven since 1899, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Erven has 450 recorded births among boys since 1899, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1899 to 1971.
- #8,394 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 450 born since 1899
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erven ranks #8,394 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 450 born since 1899, peaking in the 1920s.
- #8,394 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 450
- born since 1899
- 1920s
- peak decade
Erven's 450 recorded births place it above 81.51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Erven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Erven splits its recorded history at 1933: 31% of all births land in the more recent half, 69% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1899 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Erven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1899–1971
- Peak year (1917)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Erven by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (150 births, 33% of the file).
1920s was Erven's strongest decade.
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Erven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
123 births
- 1920s
1920s
150 births
- 1930s
1930s
79 births
- 1940s 59
1940s
59 births
- 1950s 28
1950s
28 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 150 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Erven's decade-level peak was the 1920s (150 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Erven: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~72 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, 1899–1971 (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 Erven 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.