Erasmo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-RAHS-moh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Erasmo is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Erasmo mean?
Greek: Spanish and Italian form of Erasmus
“beloved”
Erasmus of Rotterdam was the leading humanist scholar of the Renaissance.
Is Erasmo a girl's or a boy's name?
Erasmo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Erasmo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Erasmo, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 73 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the boys named Erasmo in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Erasmo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 52 | #2,442 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,125 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,042 |
| 2001 | 39 | #2,485 |
| 2000 | 60 | #1,795 |
| 1999 | 57 | #1,760 |
| 1998 | 55 | #1,808 |
| 1997 | 55 | #1,750 |
| 1996 | 57 | #1,668 |
| 1995 | 57 | #1,598 |
| 1994 | 46 | #1,846 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,045 |
| 1992 | 56 | #1,567 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,308 |
| 1990 | 58 | #1,481 |
| 1989 | 40 | #1,853 |
| 1988 | 50 | #1,496 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 46 | #1,475 |
| 1985 | 53 | #1,320 |
| 1984 | 46 | #1,398 |
| 1983 | 50 | #1,313 |
| 1982 | 47 | #1,381 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,169 |
| 1980 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1979 | 50 | #1,304 |
| 1978 | 45 | #1,371 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,780 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,123 |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,258 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,244 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,037 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,149 |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,165 |
| 1970 | 39 | #1,336 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,231 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,477 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,132 |
| 1966 | 33 | #1,326 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,317 |
| 1964 | 51 | #1,059 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,214 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,205 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,209 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,301 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,171 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,277 |
| 1956 | 46 | #1,119 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,180 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,241 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,073 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,194 |
| 1951 | 57 | #928 |
| 1950 | 45 | #1,051 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,109 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,295 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,135 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,203 |
| 1944 | 35 | #1,120 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,258 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,230 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,521 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,078 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,829 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,286 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,458 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,693 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,272 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,561 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,661 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,628 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
Names like Erasmo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Erasmo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erasmo, updated 20 October 2026.