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Erskine
OriginScottish
Meaning"from the high cliffs"
US RankUnranked
Below 5 births
About Erskine
Rarely used un-Gaelic-sounding Scottish name with literary associations to Erskine Caldwell, author of Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre.
Pronounced UR-skun.
As of October 2026, Erskine ranked #12876 in US births in 2011 SSA, peaked at #1035 in 1921.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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- Erskine Boyce Bowles
former U.S. White House chief of staff
- Erskine Preston Caldwell
American novelist
- Erskine Sanford
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- Erskine Ramsay Hawkins
American jazz trumpeter
- Erskine Hamilton Childers
4th president of Ireland
- (Jacob) Erskine Mayer
American baseball player
- (Thomas) Erskine May
1st Baron Farnborough, English constitutional theorist
- Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher
British,born actor and soldier
Erskine in pop culture
- Erskine Ravel
character in Derek Landy's "Skulduggery Pleasant" series
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