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.

Erling

#3,921 most common boys' name of all time · #9,558 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1908–2025

Rank among boys
#3,921
Rank overall
#9,558 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,402
Since 2016
172
Peak year
2023 #2,484
Best rank
#680 1913
Girls Boys peak 54/yr
192019401960198020002020

Erling first appears in 1908. 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
2025 24 24 #4,263
2024 43 43 #2,924
2023 54 54 #2,484
2022 24 24 #4,320
2021 17 17 #5,358
2020 5 5 #12,112
2016 5 5 #12,275
1972 5 5 #5,109
1967 7 7 #3,318
1966 6 6 #3,634
1965 7 7 #3,327
1964 5 5 #4,163
1963 8 8 #3,134
1962 7 7 #3,408
1961 6 6 #3,760
1960 10 10 #2,750
1958 14 14 #2,211
1957 7 7 #3,344
1956 6 6 #3,633
1955 12 12 #2,364
1954 10 10 #2,660
1953 8 8 #2,981
1952 9 9 #2,759
1951 12 12 #2,302
1950 11 11 #2,370
1949 16 16 #1,912
1948 12 12 #2,271
1947 14 14 #2,126
1946 20 20 #1,629
1945 8 8 #2,655
1944 20 20 #1,561
1943 14 14 #2,044
1942 19 19 #1,657
1941 13 13 #2,041
1940 17 17 #1,722
1939 19 19 #1,566
1938 14 14 #1,952
1937 18 18 #1,680
1936 15 15 #1,847
1935 25 25 #1,379
1934 26 26 #1,347
1933 26 26 #1,324
1932 26 26 #1,379
1931 26 26 #1,387
1930 32 32 #1,274
1929 36 36 #1,168
1928 36 36 #1,206
1927 37 37 #1,195
1926 20 20 #1,762
1925 39 39 #1,139
1924 44 44 #1,090
1923 42 42 #1,113
1922 25 25 #1,536
1921 37 37 #1,196
1920 49 49 #985
1919 45 45 #1,023
1918 41 41 #1,077
1917 44 44 #995
1916 42 42 #996
1915 48 48 #903
1914 30 30 #1,048
1913 45 45 #680
1912 23 23 #968
1911 5 5 #1,913
1910 7 7 #1,411
1908 5 5 #1,564