Erhard
Erhard is a male German given name and surname, and may refer to:
- German
- Germanic
Meaning & Origin of Erhard
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Erhard is a male German given name and surname, and may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Germanic
The Story of Erhard
Erhard first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1914, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1917: 15 births, good for #1,986 nationwide. The 1910s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 52% of all recorded Erhards. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1935 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 110 Erhards have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Erhard
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Erhard. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Erhard
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- Erhard of Regensburg , bishop of Regensburg in the 7th century
- Erhard Altdorfer (c. 1480–1561), German Early Renaissance printmaker, painter and architect
- Erhard Arnold Julius Dehio (1855–1940), Baltic German merchant and politician, former mayor of Tallinn (1918)
- Erhard Etzlaub (c. 1455 or 1465 – 1532), astronomer, geodesist, cartographer, instrument maker and physician
- Erhard Hegenwald , 16th century writer of the Reformation
- Erhard Wunderlich (1956–2012), German handball player
- Guido Erhard (1969–2002), German footballer
- Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977), Chancellor of West Germany
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Names that sound like Erhard
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About the name Erhard
Erhard is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 110 births in the dataset. Erhard's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #1,986. Use the chart and map above to compare Erhard'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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