Erskine
Erskine is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194748 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1898
- 1,996people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,996 boys have been named Erskine in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 48 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 48 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1950s alone account for 16%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Erskine | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 23 | |
| 1910s | 164 | |
| 1920s | 319 | |
| 1930s | 225 | |
| 1940s | 323 | |
| 1950s | 324 | |
| 1960s | 207 | |
| 1970s | 213 | |
| 1980s | 109 | |
| 1990s | 50 | |
| 2000s | 29 | |
| 2010s | 5 |
In 1947, its biggest year
Erskine was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1947 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1947.
Names that rose and fell with Erskine
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wardellpeak 1950
- Wymanpeak 1922
- Lenwoodpeak 1949
- Stanfordpeak 1954
- Earniepeak 1948
- Vernardpeak 1922
- Reynoldpeak 1922
- Melvinpeak 1928
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.