How rare is the name Erasmo?

6,503 people in the United States have the first name Erasmo, about 1 in 46,445. It ranks #3,280 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ERASMO

#3,280

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,503
About
1 in 46,445
This common or more
82%
Who bears it

Of the 6,503 people named Erasmo, 95.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% as White. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Erasmo peaked in 1991, when 73 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19102025
Peak year
1991
Births that year
73
In 2025*
21 ▼71%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,939 babies have been given the name since 1910. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Erasmo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #2,621. The largest share of babies named Erasmo, 21.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#5,28862
1920s#3,369211
1930s#2,861228
1940s#2,676307
1950s#2,621424
1960s#3,025383
1970s#3,086471
1980s#3,441498
1990s#3,990553
2000s#5,579470
2010s#10,051217
2020s#10,616115
Greatest Generation 1901–275.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.6%
Baby boom 1946–6419.5%
Generation X 1965–8017.7%
Millennials 1981–9621.2%
Generation Z 1997–1217.9%
2013 and later6.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Erasmo is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Erasmo has been most common in Texas (10×), California (1.6×), and Illinois (0.33×), and least common in Illinois (0.33×).

2,773 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Erasmo

1 other first name also has 6,503 people.

#3,280 Zaiden · 6,503

Either side of Erasmo

#3,278 Anabella · 6,507#3,279 Halie · 6,504#3,280 Zaiden · 6,503#3,282 Donavan · 6,502

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