Erling
Erling is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 43 births. Its best rank was 672nd, in 1913.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 430.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202354 births
- Best rank
- #672in 1913
- Since 1908
- 1,378people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,378 boys have been named Erling in the United States since 1908, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 54 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 26%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Erling was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Erling
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nunziopeak 1923
- Orvinpeak 1917
- Gilmerpeak 1918
- Gasperpeak 1917
- Attiliopeak 1916
- Silviopeak 1922
- Guidopeak 1921
- Haskelpeak 1924
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.