Erlinda
Erlinda is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Erlinda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Erlinda is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Erlinda
Erlinda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1900, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1949: 171 births, good for #632 nationwide. About 21% of every Erlinda on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Erlinda last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Erlinda
Erlinda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1900 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Erlinda's peak popularity came in 1949 when it ranked #632. Use the chart and map above to compare Erlinda'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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