Erdem
Boy · er-DEM · Turkish
Erdem is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “virtue”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Erdem mean?
Turkish
“virtue”
Erdem is the Turkish word for 'virtue' or 'merit'.
- Say it
- er-DEM
Is Erdem a girl's or a boy's name?
Erdem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Erdem in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Erdem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Erdem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Erdem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Erdem, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Erdem in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Erdem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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