How rare is the name Erlinda?

10,160 people in the United States have the first name Erlinda, about 1 in 29,728. It ranks #2,439 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ERLINDA

#2,439

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,160
About
1 in 29,728
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,160 people named Erlinda, 61.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 34.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.1% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Erlinda peaked in 1949, when 171 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002023
Peak year
1949
Births that year
171
In 2023
10 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,656 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Erlinda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,421. The largest share of babies named Erlinda, 40.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#3,11732
1910s#3,491131
1920s#1,998483
1930s#1,704562
1940s#1,421967
1950s#1,682991
1960s#2,413572
1970s#3,844329
1980s#5,389259
1990s#10,371140
2000s#14,787116
2010s#25,46445
2020s#23,42329
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2711.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4524%
Baby boom 1946–6440.2%
Generation X 1965–8012.7%
Millennials 1981–967.2%
Generation Z 1997–123.6%
2013 and later1.1%

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 Erlinda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Erlinda has been most common in New Mexico (32×), Arizona (7.3×), and Texas (4.6×), and least common in Colorado (0.93×).

3,534 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 Erlinda

1 other first name also has 10,160 people.

#2,439 Giuseppe · 10,160

Either side of Erlinda

#2,436 Leopoldo · 10,189#2,438 Farrah · 10,175#2,439 Giuseppe · 10,160#2,441 Darien · 10,157

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Erlinda, most common first.

#10,767 Erlin · 1,221#15,037 Erline · 772#19,300 Erling · 550#31,031 Erland · 278#38,175 Erlina · 202#42,763 Erlande · 167#51,342 Erlindo · 114

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