Ervie
Ervie - or in Scottish Gaelic: An Eirbhe - is a hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the Rhins of Galloway, just outside Stranraer.
Meaning & Origin of Ervie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ervie - or in Scottish Gaelic: An Eirbhe - is a hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the Rhins of Galloway, just outside Stranraer.
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The Story of Ervie
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Ervie as a girl name dates back to 1892, when 5 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Ervie — #3,258 in the national rankings. About 63% of every Ervie on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Ervie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1929, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 41 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Ervie as a boy name dates back to 1911, when 5 babies received it. 1928 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Ervie — #2,522 in the national rankings. About 32% of every Ervie on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Ervie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1969, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 193 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ervie
Ervie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 193 births in the dataset. Ervie's peak popularity came in 1928 when it ranked #2,522. Use the chart and map above to compare Ervie'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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