Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ervin

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Friend. Variant of Irving.
Hungarian

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Nature
  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Ervin

Pronunciation

e-rvin, er-vin

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1921 (rank #172, 859 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1654, 101 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1927 (rank #3286, 9 births); most recent 1990 (rank #12954, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025101–
202481–
202386–
2022101–
202181–
202093–
2019108–
2018101–
2017114–
201691–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2011 (rank #2194, 9 births); most recent 2024 (rank #4266, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
20244
20234
2022–
20216
20206
20196
20186
2017–
20168

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2011 (rank #1477, 20 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2735, 8 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20238
20227
20213
20205
20199
20188
20177
20167
20158
20149

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence