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    The first name Erskine

    A boy’s name.

    2 syllables Male Also a surname

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Erskine at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2011, 5 boys born in the United States were named Erskine, the 12,877th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1947, when 48 were.

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    1,996
    babies named Erskine since 1880
    #12,877
    rank in 2011
    1947
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Famous people named Erskine

    12 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, 1885–1969
    • Erskine Bowles
      American politician and businessman, born 1945
    • 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)

    Questions

    Is Erskine a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 1,996 US babies named Erskine since 1880 were boys.
    When was Erskine most popular?
    1947 in the United States, when 48 babies were named Erskine, its highest rank at 1,040th.
    Is Erskine also a surname?
    Yes. Erskine is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.