Erlan

#9,994 in 2025Boys' name

Man, hero, brave + young man, boy

Erlan has been given to 17 babies in the U.S. since 2008. In 2025 it ranked #9,994 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Erlan, 2025

1 in 474,000

Erlan over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Erlan: meaning, origin, and history

Man, hero, brave + young man, boy

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Erlan means

Erlan means “man, hero, brave + young man, boy”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 17 boys were recorded with the name Erlan between 2008 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2025; its best national rank was #9,994 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Erlan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,994; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Erlan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Erlan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Erlans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Erlan was born before 2024 — so the typical Erlan is around 1 today.

Median birth year: 2024; About 1 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 70.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 17; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 70.6% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Erlan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +2,874; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (7)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,994; 2025

Spellings of Erlan

Erlan is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 23.9% against Erlan's <0.01%.

Brian23.9%1,173,735
Ryan19.7%964,123
Ethan9.9%487,389
Dylan8.5%418,679
Bryan7.9%389,589
Alan7.4%363,313
Evan5.9%287,701
Herman2.8%135,977

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Erlan around the world

Where Erlan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
2006–2006
#657
in 2006

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Erlan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,994
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #9,994; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 7 that year
First recorded: 2008
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 17
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Erlan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Velan Lolan Erlon Raslan Naylan Erlis Maelan Zaelan Weslan Lealan Xaylan Neelan Atlan Jeylan Golan Hylan Zelan Ailan Irlan Adlan Erlin Karlan Dhylan Baylan

Sibling names for Erlan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Alysa

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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