Fewer than five US girls were named Erlene in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #793, reached in 1933. The most girls given the name in a single year was 74, in 1930. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #1,635 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Erlene in 73 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1903 with 9 babies. In all, 2,332 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 578 babies named Erlene.
In none of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 were five or more US girls named Erlene.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Earlene (14,170 babies since 1880), Earline (16,583 babies since 1880) and Erline (1,640 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Erlon are summarised on this page.