Ervin
Ervin was given to 101 boys in 2025, #1,656 among boys’ names; 39,129 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 15,200 Americans named Ervin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (39% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 33 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ervin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ervin mean?
Wiktionary, Hungarian section
Ervin is “a male given name”
[ˈɛrvin]
Meaning: Wiktionary, Hungarian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ervin?
#1,656 among boys’ names, 2025
Ervin fell from #1,628 in 2015 to #1,656 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 51.1 to 59.1 per million.
865 babies in 1921, the peak
Ervin peaked in 1921, when 865 babies were given it (859 boys, #172 among boys’ names). The 101 births of 2025 are 12% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | #1,656 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 82 | #1,926 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 86 | #1,854 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 102 | #1,683 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 81 | #1,890 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 93 | #1,689 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 108 | #1,551 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 102 | #1,609 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 116 | #1,462 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 91 | #1,708 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 98 | #1,628 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 109 | #1,487 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 130 | #1,323 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,468 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 116 | #1,425 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 112 | #1,464 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 133 | #1,309 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 138 | #1,268 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 147 | #1,199 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 140 | #1,197 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 136 | #1,171 | 0.07 |
| 2004 | 119 | #1,265 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 174 | #942 | 0.09 |
| 2002 | 141 | #1,073 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 136 | #1,061 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 128 | #1,097 | 0.07 |
| 1999 | 118 | #1,119 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 115 | #1,112 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 144 | #936 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 152 | #887 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 143 | #923 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 137 | #941 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 169 | #811 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 207 | #714 | 0.10 |
| 1991 | 164 | #802 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 159 | #800 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 158 | #786 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 195 | #675 | 0.10 |
| 1987 | 161 | #721 | 0.09 |
| 1986 | 141 | #766 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 132 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 159 | #690 | 0.09 |
| 1983 | 155 | #690 | 0.09 |
| 1982 | 164 | #677 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 178 | #638 | 0.10 |
| 1980 | 173 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1979 | 165 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1978 | 157 | #669 | 0.10 |
| 1977 | 151 | #690 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 145 | #690 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 156 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 180 | #598 | 0.11 |
| 1973 | 175 | #593 | 0.11 |
| 1972 | 222 | #534 | 0.14 |
| 1971 | 219 | #545 | 0.12 |
| 1970 | 206 | #567 | 0.11 |
| 1969 | 215 | #535 | 0.12 |
| 1968 | 218 | #511 | 0.13 |
| 1967 | 231 | #493 | 0.13 |
| 1966 | 247 | #485 | 0.14 |
| 1965 | 297 | #450 | 0.16 |
| 1964 | 255 | #494 | 0.13 |
| 1963 | 308 | #451 | 0.15 |
| 1962 | 325 | #441 | 0.16 |
| 1961 | 328 | #445 | 0.15 |
| 1960 | 334 | #440 | 0.16 |
| 1959 | 415 | #389 | 0.19 |
| 1958 | 377 | #401 | 0.18 |
| 1957 | 418 | #378 | 0.19 |
| 1956 | 432 | #354 | 0.20 |
| 1955 | 423 | #350 | 0.21 |
| 1954 | 448 | #335 | 0.22 |
| 1953 | 455 | #329 | 0.23 |
| 1952 | 430 | #332 | 0.22 |
| 1951 | 465 | #321 | 0.25 |
| 1950 | 424 | #328 | 0.24 |
| 1949 | 454 | #323 | 0.26 |
| 1948 | 479 | #310 | 0.27 |
| 1947 | 493 | #310 | 0.27 |
| 1946 | 421 | #314 | 0.26 |
| 1945 | 419 | #290 | 0.31 |
| 1944 | 419 | #290 | 0.31 |
| 1943 | 484 | #277 | 0.34 |
| 1942 | 490 | #269 | 0.35 |
| 1941 | 450 | #266 | 0.37 |
| 1940 | 416 | #274 | 0.36 |
| 1939 | 432 | #259 | 0.39 |
| 1938 | 488 | #241 | 0.44 |
| 1937 | 422 | #262 | 0.40 |
| 1936 | 483 | #235 | 0.47 |
| 1935 | 497 | #234 | 0.48 |
| 1934 | 537 | #223 | 0.52 |
| 1933 | 467 | #241 | 0.47 |
| 1932 | 550 | #219 | 0.53 |
| 1931 | 569 | #218 | 0.55 |
| 1930 | 625 | #211 | 0.57 |
| 1929 | 645 | #205 | 0.60 |
| 1928 | 672 | #203 | 0.61 |
| 1927 | 763 | #189 | 0.68 |
| 1926 | 768 | #187 | 0.69 |
| 1925 | 737 | #187 | 0.66 |
| 1924 | 729 | #192 | 0.64 |
| 1923 | 788 | #177 | 0.72 |
| 1922 | 791 | #177 | 0.73 |
| 1921 | 859 | #172 | 0.78 |
| 1920 | 843 | #163 | 0.79 |
| 1919 | 803 | #169 | 0.82 |
| 1918 | 806 | #168 | 0.80 |
| 1917 | 718 | #174 | 0.78 |
| 1916 | 692 | #173 | 0.78 |
| 1915 | 582 | #190 | 0.69 |
| 1914 | 494 | #180 | 0.75 |
| 1913 | 347 | #195 | 0.68 |
| 1912 | 294 | #196 | 0.68 |
| 1911 | 144 | #205 | 0.64 |
| 1910 | 131 | #199 | 0.67 |
| 1909 | 103 | #206 | 0.63 |
| 1908 | 97 | #209 | 0.63 |
| 1907 | 116 | #186 | 0.79 |
| 1906 | 101 | #178 | 0.76 |
| 1905 | 112 | #172 | 0.85 |
| 1904 | 81 | #202 | 0.63 |
| 1903 | 58 | #242 | 0.49 |
| 1902 | 76 | #206 | 0.62 |
| 1901 | 63 | #215 | 0.59 |
| 1900 | 88 | #209 | 0.58 |
| 1899 | 53 | #229 | 0.50 |
| 1898 | 68 | #211 | 0.55 |
| 1897 | 55 | #235 | 0.49 |
| 1896 | 55 | #246 | 0.46 |
| 1895 | 51 | #252 | 0.43 |
| 1894 | 56 | #228 | 0.48 |
| 1893 | 42 | #269 | 0.37 |
| 1892 | 52 | #246 | 0.43 |
| 1891 | 35 | #274 | 0.35 |
| 1890 | 43 | #262 | 0.39 |
| 1889 | 52 | #224 | 0.47 |
| 1888 | 54 | #237 | 0.45 |
| 1887 | 35 | #272 | 0.35 |
| 1886 | 32 | #303 | 0.29 |
| 1885 | 35 | #283 | 0.32 |
| 1884 | 51 | #237 | 0.45 |
| 1883 | 46 | #232 | 0.44 |
| 1882 | 44 | #258 | 0.39 |
| 1881 | 32 | #279 | 0.32 |
| 1880 | 30 | #307 | 0.27 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ervin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ervin has been given almost only to boys: 138 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Ervin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ervin, and how old are they?
15,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 39% of the 39,129 Americans ever recorded as Ervin. The median Ervin alive today is 57 years old; half are between 33 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 16,457 people named Ervin (51 women and girls, 16,406 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 17,120 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,610 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,990 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,770 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,460 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,070 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,290 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ervin born?
The states with the most babies named Ervin are Wisconsin, North Carolina and Texas, with 23% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Wisconsin is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 2,611 | #646 | 2.9× |
| North Carolina | 2,519 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Texas | 2,245 | #2,364 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,579 | #555 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 1,550 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Minnesota | 1,516 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Ohio | 1,508 | #1,152 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 1,440 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| South Carolina | 1,375 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| California | 1,325 | #2,277 | 0.5× |
Where Ervin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ervin is most over-represented in North Dakota: since 1910 it was given 3.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ervin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 41,014 babies since 1880, Ervin is the most given (95% of them). In 2025 it was given to 101 of their 101 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ervin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ervin and names like it
- Compare Ervin and EarvinBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sErvin peaked in 1921.
- Wisconsin’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ervin since 1910.
- Hungarian namesWiktionary’s origin for Ervin: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Ervin.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Ervin alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.