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How popular is the name Erkan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Erkans are alive today.
Erkan (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2021 (ranked 4789th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2003, when 6 babies were given the name, the 2189th most popular that year. Erkan is one spelling of a name also recorded as Ercan; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Erkan you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Erkans born in England and Wales are between 14 and 32, and there are at least 120 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Erkan - on average, only one in every 2,525 such rooms contains a Erkan.
How many babies are named Erkan each year?
Includes all spellings: Erkan, Ercan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Erkan spelling rank?
Where does the Ercan spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Erkan most popular?
Erkan peaked in 1996, when 6 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Erkan?
At least 120 people named Erkan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Erkan?
Most living Erkans are between 14 and 32; the most common age is about 31.
Is Erkan becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.