Erskine
Erskine is a boy's name that peaked in 1947, when it was the 1,036th most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 2011. About 950 Erskines are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 60.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Erskine
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 1,996
- Estimated living today
- 950
- Median age today
- 60
- Peak year
- 1947
- Best rank
- 1,036th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1898
How old the living Erskines are
born that year still alive today
Of the 1,996 babies given the name since 1898, about 950 are alive — 47 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1965 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Notable Erskines
- Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987)American novelist, short story writer, travel writer, essayist
- Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905–1974)4th President of Ireland
- Erskine Childers (1870–1922)Irish nationalist and author
- Erskine Sanford (1885–1969)American actor
- Erskine Bowles (born 1945)American politician and businessman
People named Erskine with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Erskine is most common
Relative to how many babies each state records, Erskine is most concentrated in Alabama (44.2×), North Carolina (1.7×).
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1947
The most popular boys’ names the year Erskine peaked:
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.