Ervin

Last seen for girls in 1990 at #12,958 · #1,654 for boys in 2025, 101 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1920 · 843 births
Debut · boys
30 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
38,991
since 1880

Ervin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ervin has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #163, 1920boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,654101
2024#1,92182
2023#1,85186
2022#1,678102
2021#1,88481
2020#1,68593
2019#1,548108
2018#1,606102
2017#1,460116
2016#1,70691
2015#1,62598
2014#1,485109
2013#1,321130
2012#1,466110
2011#1,425116
2010#1,462112
2009#1,309133
2008#1,263138
2007#1,197147
2006#1,194140
2005#1,170136
2004#1,267119
2003#942174
2002#1,073141
2001#1,059136
2000#1,096128
1999#1,118118
1998#1,114115
1997#937144
1996#889152
1995#926143
1994#943137
1993#812169
1992#716207
1991#805164
1990#12,9585#804159
1989#789158
1988#11,7985#675195
1987#720161
1986#766141
1985#772132
1984#689159
1983#690155
1982#676164
1981#9,1106#637178
1980#659173
1979#9,0106#666165
1978#669157
1977#689151
1976#689145
1975#659156
1974#595180
1973#593175
1972#534222
1971#542219
1970#566206
1969#535215
1968#510218
1967#493231
1966#485247
1965#450297
1964#494255
1963#451308
1962#5,2937#440325
1961#444328
1960#440334
1959#389415
1958#401377
1957#378418
1956#355432
1955#351423
1954#336448
1953#4,2268#329455
1952#333430
1951#321465
1950#328424
1949#323454
1948#5,2435#310479
1947#310493
1946#3,9947#314421
1945#4,5565#290419
1944#4,5745#290419
1943#277484
1942#269490
1941#266450
1940#274416
1939#258432
1938#240488
1937#3,4347#262422
1936#234483
1935#234497
1934#4,2865#223537
1933#241467
1932#219550
1931#218569
1930#4,0476#211625
1929#205645
1928#203672
1927#3,2849#189763
1926#3,5648#187768
1925#4,9735#187737
1924#192729
1923#4,3766#177788
1922#177791
1921#4,4646#172859
1920#3,3409#163843
1919#169803
1918#4,2916#168806
1917#174718
1916#3,5527#173692
1915#190582
1914#3,6185#180494
1913#195347
1912#196294
1911#205144
1910#199131
1909#206103
1908#20997
1907#186116
1906#177101
1905#171112
1904#20281
1903#23958
1902#20476
1901#21563
1900#20988
1899#22853
1898#21168
1897#23555
1896#24655
1895#25151
1894#22856
1893#26942
1892#24652
1891#27335
1890#25943
1889#22352
1888#23754
1887#27235
1886#30132
1885#28235
1884#23551
1883#23246
1882#25844
1881#27632
1880#30530
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ervin was already there! It came in at #305, and was given to 30 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 45 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ervin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 267 spots since 2024 (#1,921#1,654)
  • 31 spots since 2020 (#1,685#1,654)
  • 29 spots since 2015 (#1,625#1,654)
  • Biggest jump: 131 spots in 2003 (#1,073#942)
  • Biggest drop: 325 spots in 2004 (#942#1,267)
Rise & fade · boys
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1920 at #163 (843 births)
  • Births halved by 1940, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 119 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1997
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,181
  • Highest: 1 in 1,181 boys born in 1905 were named Ervin (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,912 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #163 in 1920, was only 1 in 1,263 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.5% of all boys named Ervin (7,595) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s411#223 (1889)#262
1890s510#211 (1898)#245
1900s895#171 (1905)#202
1910s5,011#168 (1918)#185
1920s7,595#163 (1920)#185
1930s5,070#211 (1930)#234
1940s4,525#266 (1941)#292
1950s4,287#321 (1951)#352
1960s2,758#440 (1960)#474
1970s1,776#534 (1972)#620
1980s1,616#637 (1981)#707
1990s1,508#716 (1992)#906
2000s1,392#942 (2003)#1,157
2010s1,092#1,321 (2013)#1,510
2020s545#1,654 (2025)#1,779

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.

Ervin in 1979

girls
#9,010
6 births · 1 in 267,545 girls
boys
#666
165 births · 1 in 10,434 boys

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #9,010Ervin6

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #666Ervin165
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 267,545 of them was named Ervin, which outranked 24.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ervin
  1. #8,061Yuko7
  2. #8,061Zenovia7
  3. #8,061Zonia7
  4. #9,010Ervin6
  5. #9,010Aarica6
  6. #9,010Aba6
  7. #9,010Abel6
  8. #10,210Abeer5
  9. #10,210Abria5
  10. #10,210Adah5

Tied with 1,199 names at #9,010; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,593Breanne#2,125#532
  2. 1,527Loni#2,516#989
  3. 1,287Renata#2,012#725
  4. 985Ashanti#1,862#877
  5. 896Nicolette#1,581#685
Fallers
  1. 392Christel#762#1,154
  2. 312Kenisha#557#869
  3. 297Ariane#887#1,184
  4. 285Imelda#947#1,232
  5. 252Farrah#539#791

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

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 10,434 of them was named Ervin, which outranked 90.6% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ervin
  1. #660Tristan167
  2. #664Rhett166
  3. #664Rodrigo166
  4. #666Ervin165
  5. #667Delvin164
  6. #667Korey164
  7. #667Mauricio164
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,228Tyrel#2,134#906
  2. 471Jace#1,186#715
  3. 387Chaz#1,371#984
  4. 311Tyrell#1,051#740
  5. 308Frederic#1,203#895
Fallers
  1. 1,230Dequan#927#2,157
  2. 641Rahsaan#869#1,510
  3. 446Chip#989#1,435
  4. 308Rashaun#996#1,304
  5. 307Kenya#749#1,056

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

See the top 100 for 1979