Erlene
Erlene is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 792nd, in 1933.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193074 births
- Best rank
- #792in 1933
- Since 1903
- 2,332people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,332 girls have been named Erlene in the United States since 1903, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1930, with 74 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 74 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1930s alone account for 25%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1930, its biggest year
Erlene was the 825th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1930 were Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1930.
Names that rose and fell with Erlene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Eloispeak 1935
- Earlinepeak 1927
- Ethelenepeak 1925
- Mardellpeak 1932
- Dorthypeak 1927
- Ardispeak 1928
- Voncilepeak 1941
- Arletapeak 1932
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.