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.

Erlene

#4,045 most common girls' name of all time · #6,906 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1903–1988

Rank among girls
#4,045
Rank overall
#6,906 of 105,966
First appeared
1903
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
2,332
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1930 #830
Best rank
#798 1933
Girls Boys peak 74/yr
1920194019601980

Erlene first appears in 1903. 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
1988 8 8 #8,462
1984 6 6 #9,252
1983 9 9 #6,774
1982 8 8 #7,543
1981 12 12 #5,612
1977 7 7 #7,676
1975 9 9 #6,057
1974 6 6 #7,787
1972 6 6 #7,427
1969 7 7 #6,080
1968 9 9 #4,835
1967 8 8 #5,069
1966 7 7 #5,370
1965 11 11 #4,009
1964 6 6 #6,141
1963 11 11 #4,077
1962 18 18 #2,959
1961 19 19 #2,869
1960 14 14 #3,399
1959 25 25 #2,306
1958 20 20 #2,615
1957 17 17 #2,863
1956 28 28 #2,072
1955 26 26 #2,130
1954 33 33 #1,817
1953 35 35 #1,687
1952 30 30 #1,832
1951 35 35 #1,626
1950 33 33 #1,636
1949 31 31 #1,720
1948 41 41 #1,449
1947 42 42 #1,449
1946 37 37 #1,451
1945 35 35 #1,362
1944 54 54 #1,068
1943 37 37 #1,351
1942 54 54 #1,073
1941 46 46 #1,097
1940 43 43 #1,107
1939 54 54 #970
1938 42 42 #1,121
1937 57 57 #917
1936 61 61 #875
1935 45 45 #1,038
1934 57 57 #915
1933 70 70 #798
1932 58 58 #927
1931 60 60 #896
1930 74 74 #830
1929 66 66 #883
1928 52 52 #1,048
1927 64 64 #953
1926 53 53 #1,031
1925 62 62 #951
1924 52 52 #1,094
1923 54 54 #1,035
1922 31 31 #1,494
1921 61 61 #954
1920 62 62 #930
1919 43 43 #1,129
1918 41 41 #1,180
1917 37 37 #1,203
1916 48 48 #1,004
1915 39 39 #1,090
1914 31 31 #1,096
1913 17 17 #1,460
1912 16 16 #1,415
1911 8 8 #1,921
1910 7 7 #2,094
1909 6 6 #2,130
1908 6 6 #2,046
1907 6 6 #2,021
1903 9 9 #1,315