first name
ERVIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,457 people named Ervin, 49.6% reported their origin as White, 29% as Black and 15.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ervin peaked in 1921, when 865 babies got the name.
At least 39,129 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Ervin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #420. The largest share of babies named Ervin, 31.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Ervin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ervin has been most common in North Dakota (6.5×), Wisconsin (4×), and South Dakota (3.1×), and least common in Oregon (0.12×).
32,740 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.
Either side of Ervin
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ervin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ervin ranks #1,430 of 156,621, with 24,250 people. See Ervin as a last name
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