Erastus
#8,174 most common boys' name of all time · #20,627 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1957
Rank among boys
#8,174
Rank overall
#20,627 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
407
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #1,462
Best rank
#394 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 23/yr
Erastus is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,024 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,695 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,582 |
| 1939 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,845 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,706 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,673 |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,619 |
| 1929 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,264 |
| 1928 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,378 |
| 1927 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,717 |
| 1926 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,443 |
| 1925 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,172 |
| 1924 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,835 |
| 1923 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,633 |
| 1922 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,816 |
| 1921 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,913 |
| 1920 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,776 |
| 1919 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,982 |
| 1918 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,172 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,569 |
| 1916 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,462 |
| 1915 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,508 |
| 1914 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,780 |
| 1913 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,296 |
| 1912 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,633 |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,230 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,334 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,140 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,084 |
| 1896 | — | 12 | 12 | #651 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #922 |
| 1891 | — | 7 | 7 | #775 |
| 1888 | — | 12 | 12 | #588 |
| 1887 | — | 11 | 11 | #549 |
| 1886 | — | 10 | 10 | #609 |
| 1885 | — | 15 | 15 | #483 |
| 1884 | — | 10 | 10 | #620 |
| 1882 | — | 14 | 14 | #495 |
| 1881 | — | 11 | 11 | #535 |
| 1880 | — | 19 | 19 | #394 |