# Erskine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/erskine/  
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 | 1,996 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,996 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5 | 7,059 |
| 1987 | 10 | 4,351 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,677 |
| 1989 | 11 | 4,609 |
| 1990 | 13 | 4,246 |
| 1991 | 11 | 4,869 |
| 1992 | 9 | 5,789 |
| 1996 | 11 | 5,300 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,484 |
| 2000 | 8 | 7,667 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,501 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,626 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,929 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,057 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,877 |

## People named Erskine

- Erskine Caldwell, American novelist, short story writer, travel writer, essayist (1903–1987)
- Erskine Hamilton Childers, 4th President of Ireland (1905-1974)
- Erskine Sanford, American actor
- Erskine Bowles, American politician and businessman
- Erskine Hawkins, American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama (1914-1993)
- Erskine Tate, American musician (1895–1978)
- Erskine Nicol, British artist (1825-1904)
- Erskine May, 1st Baron Farnborough, British constitutional theorist (1815–1886)
- Ray Parker Jr., American musician (born 1954)
- Alva Belmont, American suffragette and socialite (1853–1933)
- Robert Morrison, British rower (1902–1980)
- Frank Allan, Australian cricketer (1849-1917)

## 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.