Ervin
Ervin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 81 births. Its best rank was 163rd, in 1920.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 810.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1921859 births
- Best rank
- #163in 1920
- Since 1880
- 38,880people given the name
The story in the numbers
38,880 boys have been named Ervin in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 859 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1939, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 119 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ervin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 411 | |
| 1890s | 510 | |
| 1900s | 895 | |
| 1910s | 5,011 | |
| 1920s | 7,595 | |
| 1930s | 5,070 | |
| 1940s | 4,525 | |
| 1950s | 4,287 | |
| 1960s | 2,758 | |
| 1970s | 1,776 | |
| 1980s | 1,616 | |
| 1990s | 1,508 | |
| 2000s | 1,389 | |
| 2010s | 1,087 | |
| 2020s | 442 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Ervin was the 172nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Ervin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Francispeak 1918
- Miltonpeak 1920
- Virgilpeak 1921
- Wilfredpeak 1920
- Howardpeak 1921
- Edmundpeak 1923
- Olenpeak 1922
- Lloydpeak 1918
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.