Erasmo
Erasmo is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Claudio Erasmo Vargas, Mexican race walker Erasmo Carlos (1941–2022), Brazilian singer and songwriter Erasmo Catarino, Mexican singer, winner on the TV show La Academia 4 Erasmo de Sequeira, politician, social worker and parliamentarian from Goa, India Erasmo Escala (1826–1884), Chilean soldier, commander-in-chief of the Army during…
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Meaning & Origin of Erasmo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Erasmo is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Claudio Erasmo Vargas, Mexican race walker Erasmo Carlos (1941–2022), Brazilian singer and songwriter Erasmo Catarino, Mexican singer, winner on the TV show La Academia 4 Erasmo de Sequeira, politician, social worker and parliamentarian from Goa, India Erasmo Escala (1826–1884), Chilean soldier, commander-in-chief of the Army during…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Erasmo
American parents first put Erasmo on the record books as a baby boy name in 1910, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1991, when 73 Erasmos were born — ranking #1,314 that year. As of 2026, Erasmo ranks #6,116 for baby boys with 14 births, gradually falling (-11%). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Erasmo
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About the name Erasmo
Erasmo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1910 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Erasmo's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #929. Use the chart and map above to compare Erasmo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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