Erle

Last seen for boys in 1981 at #6,262

Peak · boys
1891 · 7 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
855
since 1882

Erle over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #766, 1891boys
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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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1981#6,2625
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1974#5,2275
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1971#2,97311
1970#3,5218
1969#2,68211
1968
1967#2,9858
1966#2,32712
1965#3,5376
1964#3,2827
1963#2,53911
1962#2,8489
1961#2,70610
1960#3,3377
1959#2,66310
1958#2,37012
1957#3,0248
1956#2,7989
1955#2,7649
1954#2,59210
1953#2,39111
1952#1,54724
1951#2,13513
1950#2,01914
1949#2,02214
1948#1,94315
1947#2,16913
1946#1,75917
1945#2,5748
1944#2,08012
1943#2,18212
1942#1,86715
1941#2,20711
1940#3,1306
1939#2,8297
1938#2,6468
1937#2,4799
1936#1,63917
1935#1,83715
1934#1,86015
1933#1,99713
1932#1,71618
1931#2,10113
1930#2,17813
1929#2,19913
1928#1,82218
1927#1,74820
1926#2,18614
1925#1,53424
1924#1,96417
1923#1,75320
1922#1,54524
1921#1,70321
1920#2,13115
1919#1,62421
1918#1,49924
1917#1,29128
1916#1,69818
1915#1,78216
1914#1,44118
1913#1,20518
1912#1,61910
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1907#1,0947
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1894#9546
1893#1,0355
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1891#7667
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1885#9365
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1882#9435
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Erle! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Erle
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
  • Biggest jump: 81 spots in 1894 (#1,035#954)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1891 at #766 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1882–1894
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,456
  • Highest: 1 in 14,456 boys born in 1891 were named Erle (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 358,235 boys born in 1981 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.8% of all boys named Erle (186) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#936 (1885)#940
1890s18#766 (1891)#918
1900s7#1,094 (1907)#1,094
1910s153#1,205 (1913)#1,520
1920s186#1,534 (1925)#1,859
1930s128#1,639 (1936)#2,128
1940s123#1,759 (1946)#2,193
1950s120#1,547 (1952)#2,430
1960s81#2,327 (1966)#2,916
1970s24#2,973 (1971)#3,907
1980s5#6,262 (1981)#6,262

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.

Erle in 1882

boys
#943
5 births · 1 in 22,737 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #943Erle5
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 22,737 of them was named Erle, which outranked 14.2% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Erle
  1. #837Wilhelm6
  2. #837Wood6
  3. #837Yee6
  4. #943Erle5
  5. #943Ab5
  6. #943Adolf5
  7. #943Alby5

Tied with 156 names at #943; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. 467Clarance#866#399
  2. 429Webster#866#437
  3. 365Neil#781#416
  4. 352Cliff#866#514
  5. 352Elmore#866#514
Fallers
  1. 501Verne#442#943
  2. 483Newell#460#943
  3. 456Merritt#487#943
  4. 440Solon#503#943
  5. 395Almon#442#837

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

See the top 100 for 1882