Erling
Boy · ER-ling · Old Norse
Erling is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “descendant of a nobleman”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Erling mean?
Old Norse: from Old Norse Erlingr, derived from jarl, 'nobleman'
“descendant of a nobleman”
Erling Skakke was a powerful 12th-century Norwegian nobleman; footballer Erling Haaland is a famous modern bearer.
- Say it
- ER-ling
Is Erling a girl's or a boy's name?
Erling is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Erling in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Erling, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 54 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the boys named Erling in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1947, the years shaded on the chart below.
Erling in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2023 | 54 | #2,479 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 20 | #1,600 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,524 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,680 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,532 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,901 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,354 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,259 |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,154 |
| 1928 | 36 | #1,188 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,178 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,121 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,071 |
| 1923 | 42 | #1,101 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,503 |
| 1921 | 37 | #1,178 |
| 1920 | 49 | #985 |
| 1919 | 45 | #1,009 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,062 |
| 1917 | 44 | #982 |
| 1916 | 42 | #984 |
| 1915 | 48 | #893 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 45 | #667 |
| 1912 | 23 | #935 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
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