Ervie — boys' name
193 babies named Ervie in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Ervie was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Ervie in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ervie
The Social Security Administration has registered 193 babies named Ervie between 1911 and 1969, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ervie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Ervie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 41 additional births since 1892.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ervie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ervie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ervie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ervie 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 193 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.
Ervie at a glance
Last recorded 1969Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ervie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1911
- Peak year (1928)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1969.
193 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 11 births in a single year.
Ervie popularity over time — girls
41 total births recorded since 1892 (Ervie as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Ervie accounts for 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ervie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 61 births that decade — 32% of Ervie's all-time total
Ervie decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Ervie's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Ervie by state
Where Ervie concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 3.1% |
6 of 193 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1911–1969 (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.