Erby

Last seen for boys in 1976 at #4,418

Peak · boys
1894 · 8 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
480
since 1894

Erby over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Erby has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #787, 1894boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1976#4,4187
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1970#4,7245
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1966#3,9485
1965
1964#4,0395
1963#4,0485
1962#3,0418
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1959#3,6196
1958
1957#3,2577
1956#3,5356
1955#3,2017
1954#2,9428
1953#3,1437
1952#3,3736
1951#2,8448
1950#3,6815
1949
1948#2,7888
1947#2,6719
1946#2,9197
1945#3,3385
1944#2,4679
1943#2,9647
1942#2,7128
1941#2,6568
1940#2,4789
1939#2,15911
1938#2,6468
1937#2,4799
1936#3,1476
1935
1934#1,72517
1933#2,36810
1932#3,3616
1931#2,20712
1930#2,07914
1929#2,45211
1928#1,96016
1927#3,1518
1926#2,07415
1925#4,1975
1924#2,47312
1923#2,33113
1922#2,04016
1921#1,98017
1920#2,9679
1919#1,97316
1918#2,39812
1917#2,28012
1916#1,84916
1915#2,18412
1914#2,4578
1913#2,8215
1912#2,5445
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1904#1,0646
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First appearance
1894

The first year at least five boys were named Erby! It came in at #787, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1895–1903, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Erby
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1894
  • Peaked 1894 at #787 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1894
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,471
  • Highest: 1 in 14,471 boys born in 1894 were named Erby (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 224,144 boys born in 1976 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.4% of all boys named Erby (122) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s8#787 (1894)#787
1900s6#1,064 (1904)#1,064
1910s86#1,849 (1916)#2,313
1920s122#1,960 (1928)#2,563
1930s93#1,725 (1934)#2,463
1940s70#2,467 (1944)#2,777
1950s60#2,844 (1951)#3,288
1960s23#3,041 (1962)#3,769
1970s12#4,418 (1976)#4,571

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Erby in 1894

boys
#787
8 births · 1 in 14,471 boys

Top boys' names in 1894

  1. #1John8,237
  2. #2William7,274
  3. #3James5,110
  4. #4George4,365
  5. #5Charles3,788
  6. #6Joseph2,977
  7. #7Frank2,863
  8. #8Robert2,497
  9. #9Henry2,278
  10. #10Harry2,189
  11. #787Erby8
More about 1894

boys

115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 14,471 of them was named Erby, which outranked 36.5% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Erby
  1. #730Wellington9
  2. #730West9
  3. #730Zeno9
  4. #787Erby8
  5. #787Addie8
  6. #787Alden8
  7. #787Antone8
  8. #857Agnes7
  9. #857Alfonso7
  10. #857Alfredo7

Tied with 69 names at #787; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. 514Levy#1,035#521
  2. 514Orrin#1,035#521
  3. 488Alvie#907#419
  4. 468Jonnie#1,035#567
  5. 441Carson#1,035#594
Fallers
  1. 683Lindsay#391#1,074
  2. 519Minnie#435#954
  3. 475Ludwig#479#954
  4. 459Alice#615#1,074
  5. 459Julia#615#1,074

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1894