girls:
10 births since 1912
#5706 (0th percentile)
boys:
188 births since 1916
#4398 (4th percentile)
overall:
198 births since 1912
#7541 (3rd percentile)
The name Erbie is the #7,541 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 198 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 2.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,398 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 188 births since 1916. For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1912.
Erbie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for girls and 1916 for boys). Birth data for Erbie is available in 25 out of the 43 years between 1912 and 1954 (24 years for boys and 2 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Erbie has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.9% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1916, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1912 to 1915), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (97.4% boys from 1916 to 1954).
For boys, Erbie reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #523) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1918, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1954.
For girls, Erbie reached its peak popularity in 1912, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #467) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1912, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1920.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Erbie".
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