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.

Erman

#6,217 most common boys' name of all time · #15,525 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1897–1975

Rank among boys
#6,217
Rank overall
#15,525 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
652
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1915 #1,335
Best rank
#1,214 1912
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
1900192019401960

Erman first appears in 1897. 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
1975 — 5 5 #5,559
1972 — 5 5 #5,086
1969 — 5 5 #4,494
1964 — 5 5 #4,130
1963 — 5 5 #4,147
1960 — 6 6 #3,743
1958 — 8 8 #3,094
1957 — 6 6 #3,659
1956 — 11 11 #2,544
1954 — 9 9 #2,809
1953 — 5 5 #3,903
1951 — 8 8 #2,910
1950 — 6 6 #3,420
1948 — 13 13 #2,160
1947 — 8 8 #2,938
1946 — 9 9 #2,591
1945 — 5 5 #3,441
1944 — 12 12 #2,122
1943 — 6 6 #3,310
1942 — 12 12 #2,199
1941 — 9 9 #2,549
1940 — 15 15 #1,844
1939 — 13 13 #1,998
1938 — 11 11 #2,243
1937 — 15 15 #1,866
1936 — 19 19 #1,569
1935 — 11 11 #2,307
1934 — 8 8 #2,826
1933 — 11 11 #2,275
1932 — 14 14 #2,043
1931 — 15 15 #1,952
1930 — 11 11 #2,512
1929 — 21 21 #1,647
1928 — 13 13 #2,326
1927 — 21 21 #1,724
1926 — 18 18 #1,883
1925 — 22 22 #1,659
1924 — 22 22 #1,706
1923 — 22 22 #1,672
1922 — 17 17 #1,992
1921 — 14 14 #2,314
1920 — 23 23 #1,622
1919 — 18 18 #1,840
1918 — 17 17 #1,958
1917 — 15 15 #2,037
1916 — 12 12 #2,317
1915 — 26 26 #1,335
1914 — 11 11 #2,042
1913 — 15 15 #1,415
1912 — 16 16 #1,214
1911 — 8 8 #1,357
1910 — 5 5 #1,734
1909 — 5 5 #1,599
1908 — 5 5 #1,520
1897 — 5 5 #1,218