Erving
Last seen for boys in 2018 at #12,156
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 940since 1881
Erving over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Erving has never cracked the top 700 here.
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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #1,904 | 16 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #1,922 | 15 |
| 1931 | #1,927 | 15 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1924 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #1,696 | 21 |
| 1922 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #1,588 | 23 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #1,576 | 22 |
| 1918 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,646 | 19 |
| 1915 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #706 (1881) | #706 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,079 (1895) | #1,079 |
| 1900s | 23 | #1,091 (1905) | #1,204 |
| 1910s | 124 | #1,190 (1911) | #1,837 |
| 1920s | 165 | #1,588 (1921) | #2,041 |
| 1930s | 100 | #1,905 (1933) | #2,333 |
| 1940s | 64 | #2,179 (1940) | #2,807 |
| 1950s | 102 | #1,904 (1951) | #2,637 |
| 1960s | 47 | #2,470 (1967) | #3,206 |
| 1970s | 47 | #3,471 (1976) | #4,610 |
| 1980s | 103 | #3,205 (1989) | #4,170 |
| 1990s | 79 | #3,779 (1990) | #5,757 |
| 2000s | 56 | #5,920 (2000) | #8,813 |
| 2010s | 18 | #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
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).