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Erasmo vs Eraya

American parents have registered 3,939 Erasmos since 1880, against 23 Erayas. But in 2025 it was Eraya that was commoner, 23 babies to 21.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Erasmo against Eraya, 1880 to 2025 0 20 40 60 80 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Erasmo Eraya

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 114 years in which either name was published, Erasmo for 113 years and Eraya for 1 year. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Erasmo Eraya
Total US births 3,93923
Most in one year 7323
Babies in 2025 2123
Estimated living today 3,00020
Median age today 390
Peak year 19912025
Best rank 1,314th boys5,410th girls
Rank in 2025 4,707th5,410th
First recorded 19102025
Girls / boys 0 / 3,93923 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Erasmos alive today are over 39; half the Erayas have not had a first birthday. That is 39 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Erasmo and Eraya.