Ervin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ER-vin
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #1,654 for boys
Ervin is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,654th for boys in the US (101 babies).
Where does Ervin come from?
Scottish: variant of Irvin, from the Scottish place name Irvine; also a form of Erwin
Is Ervin a girl's or a boy's name?
Ervin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 101 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ervin in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ervin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ervin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Ervin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,654among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 101about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 101 boys in the US were named Ervin, making it the 1,654th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,685th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 859 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ervin in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 181 boys in the US were given Ervin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,055, up from #1,654 for this spelling alone.
- Ervin 101
- Irvin 80
Ervin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | #1,654 |
| 2024 | 82 | #1,921 |
| 2023 | 86 | #1,851 |
| 2022 | 102 | #1,678 |
| 2021 | 81 | #1,883 |
| 2020 | 93 | #1,685 |
| 2019 | 108 | #1,548 |
| 2018 | 102 | #1,606 |
| 2017 | 116 | #1,460 |
| 2016 | 91 | #1,706 |
| 2015 | 98 | #1,625 |
| 2014 | 109 | #1,485 |
| 2013 | 130 | #1,321 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,466 |
| 2011 | 116 | #1,425 |
| 2010 | 112 | #1,462 |
| 2009 | 133 | #1,309 |
| 2008 | 138 | #1,263 |
| 2007 | 147 | #1,197 |
| 2006 | 140 | #1,194 |
| 2005 | 136 | #1,169 |
| 2004 | 119 | #1,265 |
| 2003 | 174 | #941 |
| 2002 | 141 | #1,072 |
| 2001 | 136 | #1,058 |
| 2000 | 128 | #1,094 |
| 1999 | 118 | #1,116 |
| 1998 | 115 | #1,111 |
| 1997 | 144 | #935 |
| 1996 | 152 | #887 |
| 1995 | 143 | #923 |
| 1994 | 137 | #940 |
| 1993 | 169 | #810 |
| 1992 | 207 | #714 |
| 1991 | 164 | #801 |
| 1990 | 159 | #800 |
| 1989 | 158 | #786 |
| 1988 | 195 | #675 |
| 1987 | 161 | #720 |
| 1986 | 141 | #766 |
| 1985 | 132 | #772 |
| 1984 | 159 | #689 |
| 1983 | 155 | #690 |
| 1982 | 164 | #676 |
| 1981 | 178 | #637 |
| 1980 | 173 | #659 |
| 1979 | 165 | #666 |
| 1978 | 157 | #669 |
| 1977 | 151 | #689 |
| 1976 | 145 | #689 |
| 1975 | 156 | #659 |
| 1974 | 180 | #595 |
| 1973 | 175 | #593 |
| 1972 | 222 | #534 |
| 1971 | 219 | #542 |
| 1970 | 206 | #566 |
| 1969 | 215 | #535 |
| 1968 | 218 | #510 |
| 1967 | 231 | #493 |
| 1966 | 247 | #485 |
| 1965 | 297 | #450 |
| 1964 | 255 | #494 |
| 1963 | 308 | #451 |
| 1962 | 325 | #440 |
| 1961 | 328 | #444 |
| 1960 | 334 | #440 |
| 1959 | 415 | #389 |
| 1958 | 377 | #401 |
| 1957 | 418 | #378 |
| 1956 | 432 | #354 |
| 1955 | 423 | #350 |
| 1954 | 448 | #335 |
| 1953 | 455 | #328 |
| 1952 | 430 | #332 |
| 1951 | 465 | #321 |
| 1950 | 424 | #328 |
| 1949 | 454 | #323 |
| 1948 | 479 | #310 |
| 1947 | 493 | #310 |
| 1946 | 421 | #314 |
| 1945 | 419 | #290 |
| 1944 | 419 | #290 |
| 1943 | 484 | #277 |
| 1942 | 490 | #269 |
| 1941 | 450 | #266 |
| 1940 | 416 | #274 |
| 1939 | 432 | #258 |
| 1938 | 488 | #240 |
| 1937 | 422 | #262 |
| 1936 | 483 | #234 |
| 1935 | 497 | #234 |
| 1934 | 537 | #223 |
| 1933 | 467 | #241 |
| 1932 | 550 | #219 |
| 1931 | 569 | #218 |
| 1930 | 625 | #211 |
| 1929 | 645 | #205 |
| 1928 | 672 | #203 |
| 1927 | 763 | #189 |
| 1926 | 768 | #187 |
| 1925 | 737 | #187 |
| 1924 | 729 | #192 |
| 1923 | 788 | #177 |
| 1922 | 791 | #177 |
| 1921 | 859 | #172 |
| 1920 | 843 | #163 |
| 1919 | 803 | #169 |
| 1918 | 806 | #168 |
| 1917 | 718 | #174 |
| 1916 | 692 | #173 |
| 1915 | 582 | #190 |
| 1914 | 494 | #180 |
| 1913 | 347 | #195 |
| 1912 | 294 | #196 |
| 1911 | 144 | #205 |
| 1910 | 131 | #199 |
| 1909 | 103 | #206 |
| 1908 | 97 | #209 |
| 1907 | 116 | #186 |
| 1906 | 101 | #177 |
| 1905 | 112 | #171 |
| 1904 | 81 | #202 |
| 1903 | 58 | #239 |
| 1902 | 76 | #204 |
| 1901 | 63 | #215 |
| 1900 | 88 | #209 |
| 1899 | 53 | #228 |
| 1898 | 68 | #211 |
| 1897 | 55 | #235 |
| 1896 | 55 | #246 |
| 1895 | 51 | #251 |
| 1894 | 56 | #228 |
| 1893 | 42 | #269 |
| 1892 | 52 | #246 |
| 1891 | 35 | #273 |
| 1890 | 43 | #259 |
| 1889 | 52 | #223 |
| 1888 | 54 | #237 |
| 1887 | 35 | #272 |
| 1886 | 32 | #301 |
| 1885 | 35 | #282 |
| 1884 | 51 | #235 |
| 1883 | 46 | #232 |
| 1882 | 44 | #258 |
| 1881 | 32 | #276 |
| 1880 | 30 | #305 |
Names like Ervin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Edward Leon Reuben Edwin Harry Ellis Arthur Charlie Archie Stanley Louie Frederick
Other spellings of Ervin
Names related to Ervin
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ervin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ervin, updated 20 October 2026.