Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Erle

#5,289 most common boys' name of all time · #13,143 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–1981

Rank among boys
#5,289
Rank overall
#13,143 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
855
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1917 #1,300
Best rank
#828 1891
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
19001920194019601980

Erle first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1981 — 5 5 #6,320
1974 — 5 5 #5,277
1971 — 11 11 #2,993
1970 — 8 8 #3,554
1969 — 11 11 #2,701
1967 — 8 8 #3,026
1966 — 12 12 #2,349
1965 — 6 6 #3,575
1964 — 7 7 #3,335
1963 — 11 11 #2,563
1962 — 9 9 #2,881
1961 — 10 10 #2,735
1960 — 7 7 #3,372
1959 — 10 10 #2,686
1958 — 12 12 #2,399
1957 — 8 8 #3,061
1956 — 9 9 #2,831
1955 — 9 9 #2,789
1954 — 10 10 #2,620
1953 — 11 11 #2,425
1952 — 24 24 #1,558
1951 — 13 13 #2,157
1950 — 14 14 #2,043
1949 — 14 14 #2,044
1948 — 15 15 #1,961
1947 — 13 13 #2,189
1946 — 17 17 #1,780
1945 — 8 8 #2,611
1944 — 12 12 #2,101
1943 — 12 12 #2,208
1942 — 15 15 #1,888
1941 — 11 11 #2,240
1940 — 6 6 #3,177
1939 — 7 7 #2,873
1938 — 8 8 #2,682
1937 — 9 9 #2,514
1936 — 17 17 #1,657
1935 — 15 15 #1,859
1934 — 15 15 #1,884
1933 — 13 13 #2,022
1932 — 18 18 #1,740
1931 — 13 13 #2,137
1930 — 13 13 #2,208
1929 — 13 13 #2,232
1928 — 18 18 #1,845
1927 — 20 20 #1,758
1926 — 14 14 #2,215
1925 — 24 24 #1,548
1924 — 17 17 #1,977
1923 — 20 20 #1,769
1922 — 24 24 #1,560
1921 — 21 21 #1,722
1920 — 15 15 #2,148
1919 — 21 21 #1,641
1918 — 24 24 #1,507
1917 — 28 28 #1,300
1916 — 18 18 #1,719
1915 — 16 16 #1,804
1914 — 18 18 #1,462
1913 — 18 18 #1,228
1912 — 10 10 #1,661
1907 — 7 7 #1,144
1894 — 6 6 #1,039
1893 — 5 5 #1,114
1891 — 7 7 #828
1885 — 5 5 #1,035
1882 — 5 5 #1,044