Erving — boys' name

What the Data Says About Erving

The Social Security Administration has registered 940 babies named Erving between 1881 and 2018, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Erving currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erving performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Erving shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Erving in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erving 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 940 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.