# Erastus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/erastus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “lovable” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 407 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 407 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἔραστος (Érastos), from ἐραστός (erastós, “lovable”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 11 | 2,666 |
| 1924 | 10 | 2,875 |
| 1925 | 8 | 3,226 |
| 1926 | 12 | 2,465 |
| 1927 | 10 | 2,769 |
| 1928 | 7 | 3,471 |
| 1929 | 7 | 3,334 |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,712 |
| 1933 | 5 | 3,815 |
| 1934 | 5 | 3,849 |
| 1939 | 7 | 2,923 |
| 1942 | 5 | 3,729 |
| 1946 | 8 | 2,765 |
| 1949 | 6 | 3,438 |
| 1957 | 5 | 4,159 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Ераст

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.