Erskine
Erskine is a given name which may refer to:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Erskine
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Erskine is a given name which may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Erskine
Erskine first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1898, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1947: 48 births, good for #1,036 nationwide. Erskine last appeared in the published SSA data in 2011, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Erskine
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- Erskine Beveridge (1851–1920), Scottish textile manufacturer, historian and antiquary
- Erskine Bowles (born 1945), American businessman and politician
- Erskine Butterfield (1913–1961), American pianist, singer, bandleader and composer
- Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987), American author
- Erskine Childers (author) (1870–1922), author and Irish nationalist, secretary-general of the Irish delegation that negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921
- Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905–1974), Fianna Fáil minister and President of Ireland, son of the above
- Erskine Barton Childers (1929–1996), United Nations civil servant, son of the above
- Erskine Hawkins (1914–1993), American trumpeter and big band leader
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About the name Erskine
Erskine is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1898 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Erskine's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #1,036. Use the chart and map above to compare Erskine'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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