boys:
1.3k births since 1908
#3285 (28th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1908
#6409 (17th percentile)
The name Erling is the #6,409 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,334 recorded births since 1908. This represents the 17.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,285 (28.3% percentile) for all time with 1,334 births since 1908.
Erling first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1908 (first recorded for boys in 1908). Birth data for Erling is available in 64 out of the 116 years between 1908 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Erling reached its peak popularity in 1913, achieving the 9.8% percentile (ranked #368) with 84 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 84 births per million (ranked 9.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Erling ranks #862 for boys (5.4% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 35.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Erling".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Erling. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.0% confident that Erling is pronounced as ER-lihng, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ER-lihng, at 15.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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