Erskine

Boy · recorded 1898–2011

  • 2011last recorded
  • 1904best year

Most popular in 1904.

Last recorded in 2011. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1898

0244718981926195519832011

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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 96 recorded years as a table
Erskine, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189841
190033
190447
190734
190845
191031
191131
191212
191329
191426
191520
191620
191731
191828
191922
192014
192142
192229
192327
192435
192534
192631
192728
192821
192927
193023
193130
193216
193315
193423
193514
193624
193723
193820
193923
194029
194121
194225
194322
194416
194519
194620
194726
194818
194921
195019
195120
195215
195319
195418
195518
195614
195714
195813
195910
19607
19618
196210
19638
19649
196512
196614
196714
196813
196915
197013
197115
197213
197317
197418
197510
197615
19777
197811
197910
198011
19814
19829
19838
19844
19856
19863
19875
19883
19895
19906
19915
19925
19966
19973
20004
20053
20062
20072
20093
20113

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Erskine 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 2011
5
Rank in 2011
#12,287
How rare
1 in 379,850 boys
Since 1898
1,996

Erskine was last recorded in 2011. 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 1904, at 47 per million boys born.

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

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