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

Showing
Show data for
Peak · boys
#163
1920 · 843 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #163, 1920boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1990

girls
#12,958
5 births · 1 in 379,709 girls
boys
#804
159 births · 1 in 12,918 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #12,958Ervin5

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #804Ervin159
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 379,709 of them was named Ervin, which outranked 14.9% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ervin
  1. #11,409Zsazsa6
  2. #11,409Zurisadai6
  3. #11,409Zyanya6
  4. #12,958Ervin5
  5. #12,958Aarica5
  6. #12,958Aasha5
  7. #12,958Abagale5

Tied with 2,276 names at #12,958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 12,918 of them was named Ervin, which outranked 91.5% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ervin
  1. #799Stevie161
  2. #802Demarco160
  3. #802Donavan160
  4. #804Ervin159
  5. #804Fidel159
  6. #804Gregorio159
  7. #804Virgil159
  8. #809Alphonso158
  9. #809Brandyn158
  10. #809Jerald158

Tied with 4 names at #804; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →