Erline
Erline is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 877th, in 1927.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192772 births
- Best rank
- #877in 1927
- Since 1897
- 1,640people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,640 girls have been named Erline in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 72 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 72 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1927, and the 1920s alone account for 34%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Erline | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 14 | |
| 1900s | 66 | |
| 1910s | 334 | |
| 1920s | 556 | |
| 1930s | 301 | |
| 1940s | 161 | |
| 1950s | 133 | |
| 1960s | 26 | |
| 1970s | 33 | |
| 1980s | 6 | |
| 1990s | 5 | |
| 2000s | 5 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Erline was the 877th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1927 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Erline
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dorothypeak 1924
- Concettapeak 1924
- Dorathypeak 1921
- Dorthapeak 1921
- Lorenepeak 1920
- Olenepeak 1922
- Onetapeak 1922
- Lorinepeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.