# Erling (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/erling/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,402 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,402 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6 | 3,772 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,405 |
| 1963 | 8 | 3,135 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,236 |
| 1965 | 7 | 3,337 |
| 1966 | 6 | 3,651 |
| 1967 | 7 | 3,351 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,202 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,797 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,626 |
| 2021 | 17 | 5,406 |
| 2022 | 24 | 4,341 |
| 2023 | 54 | 2,488 |
| 2024 | 43 | 2,926 |
| 2025 | 24 | 4,291 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Erling

- Erling Mandelmann, Danish photographer (1935-2018)
- Erling Steinvegg, candidate of Bagler to the Norwegian throne from 1204 to 1207
- Erling Evensen, cross-country skier (1914-1998)
- Erling Olsen, Danish politician (1927-2011)
- Erling Eidem, Church of Sweden bishop (1880-1972)
- Erling Nielsen, Danish footballer (1935-1996)
- Erling Jepsen, Danish playwright, novelist and screenwriter
- Erling Jessen, Danish canoeist
- Erling Sørensen, Danish footballer (1920-2002)
- Erling Dinesen, Danish politician
- Erling Brøndum, Danish politician (1930–2017)
- Peter Brandes, Danish artist (1944–2025)

## 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.