Erving

Last seen for boys in 2018 at #12,156

Peak · boys
1881 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
940
since 1881

Erving over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #706, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018#12,1565
2017#10,7756
2016
2015
2014
2013#9,6557
2012
2011
2010
2009#8,9858
2008#12,5535
2007#8,1739
2006
2005#10,1516
2004#6,52011
2003
2002#9,3926
2001
2000#5,92011
1999#7,8747
1998#7,5607
1997
1996
1995#5,50110
1994#5,45210
1993#6,2288
1992#4,56412
1991#5,09610
1990#3,77915
1989#3,20518
1988#4,7869
1987#3,33914
1986#4,8538
1985#4,6988
1984#4,2159
1983#3,63011
1982#3,96610
1981#4,5098
1980#4,4958
1979#6,0565
1978#5,0596
1977#3,8369
1976#3,47110
1975
1974#4,6346
1973
1972#4,9865
1971
1970#4,2306
1969#3,5957
1968#3,3657
1967#2,47011
1966#2,7849
1965#2,9828
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960#4,0385
1959#2,8219
1958#2,64210
1957#2,19014
1956#2,36112
1955#2,55810
1954#2,9428
1953#3,1437
1952#3,3736
1951#1,90416
1950#2,43810
1949#3,2986
1948#3,0107
1947#2,49810
1946#2,6908
1945
1944
1943#2,5639
1942#3,5605
1941#2,6568
1940#2,17911
1939#2,8297
1938
1937#2,08812
1936#2,4529
1935#2,9517
1934#2,7428
1933#1,90514
1932#1,92215
1931#1,92715
1930#2,17813
1929#2,9808
1928#2,16214
1927#2,12115
1926#1,98116
1925#1,80619
1924#1,89418
1923#1,69621
1922#1,95217
1921#1,58823
1920#2,23114
1919#1,57622
1918#2,07315
1917#1,90016
1916#1,64619
1915#1,55320
1914#2,4578
1913#2,0928
1912#2,0457
1911#1,1909
1910
1909
1908#1,2176
1907#1,3455
1906
1905#1,0916
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900#1,1626
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895#1,0795
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#7067
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Erving! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Erving
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #706 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 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 · 1881
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,391
  • Highest: 1 in 14,391 boys born in 1881 were named Erving (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 363,232 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.6% of all boys named Erving (165) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#706 (1881)#706
1890s5#1,079 (1895)#1,079
1900s23#1,091 (1905)#1,204
1910s124#1,190 (1911)#1,837
1920s165#1,588 (1921)#2,041
1930s100#1,905 (1933)#2,333
1940s64#2,179 (1940)#2,807
1950s102#1,904 (1951)#2,637
1960s47#2,470 (1967)#3,206
1970s47#3,471 (1976)#4,610
1980s103#3,205 (1989)#4,170
1990s79#3,779 (1990)#5,757
2000s56#5,920 (2000)#8,813
2010s18#9,655 (2013)#10,862

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.

Erving in 1881

boys
#706
7 births · 1 in 14,391 boys

Top boys' names in 1881

  1. #1John8,768
  2. #2William8,524
  3. #3James5,441
  4. #4George4,664
  5. #5Charles4,636
  6. #6Frank2,834
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,339
  9. #9Thomas2,282
  10. #10Edward2,177
  11. #706Erving7
More about 1881

boys

100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 14,391 of them was named Erving, which outranked 29.1% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Erving
  1. #653Wirt8
  2. #653Wong8
  3. #653Woodie8
  4. #706Erving7
  5. #706Addie7
  6. #706Albion7
  7. #706Alec7
  8. #781Acie6
  9. #781Alden6
  10. #781Alfonso6

Tied with 74 names at #706; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. 491Noble#809#318
  2. 449Ivy#909#460
  3. 449Buck#909#460
  4. 376Chin#909#533
  5. 376Ransom#909#533
Fallers
  1. 431Neil#350#781
  2. 378Alvah#403#781
  3. 361Webster#505#866
  4. 356Melville#425#781
  5. 316Hector#465#781

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

See the top 100 for 1881