Erastus

Boy · recorded 1880–1957

  • 1957last recorded
  • 1880best year

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record.

Last recorded in 1957. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Erastus.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1880

08617218801899191919381957

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 41 recorded years as a table
Erastus, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880172
1881109
1882123
188487
1885139
188690
1887108
188899
189169
189353
1896100
189744
189841
190033
190439
191223
191314
191420
191525
191626
19176
191814
191916
19209
192116
19229
192310
19249
19257
192611
19279
19286
19297
19305
19335
19345
19396
19424
19465
19493
19572

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Erastus isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1957
5
Rank in 1957
#3,993
How rare
1 in 431,447 boys
Since 1880
407

Erastus was last recorded in 1957. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1880, at 172 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Erastus doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.