Erdman
Erdman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Andrew L. Erdman, American author, journalist, and scholar Charles Erdman Petersdorff (1800–1886), legal writer Charles R. Erdman Sr. (1866–1960), American Presbyterian minister and theologist Charles R. Erdman Jr. (1897–1984), American politician Constantine Jacob Erdman (1846–1911), American politician from Pennsylvania David V.
Meaning & Origin of Erdman
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Erdman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Andrew L. Erdman, American author, journalist, and scholar Charles Erdman Petersdorff (1800–1886), legal writer Charles R. Erdman Sr. (1866–1960), American Presbyterian minister and theologist Charles R. Erdman Jr. (1897–1984), American politician Constantine Jacob Erdman (1846–1911), American politician from Pennsylvania David V.
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The Story of Erdman
Erdman first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1917, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1917: 6 births, good for #3,545 nationwide. About 58% of every Erdman on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Erdman last appeared in the published SSA data in 1928, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 26 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Erdman
Erdman is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 26 births in the dataset. Erdman's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #3,545. Use the chart and map above to compare Erdman'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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