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01 / Meaning & origin
Erland is a masculine given name documented in French, Swedish, Danish and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Erlendr.
Old Norse Erlendr, erlendr "foreigner" or "eagle's land"; cognate to Norwegian Erlend.
02 / Across borders
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5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 1982: 7 boys (rank 5003).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Erland
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 9 | 269 | observed |
| 1946 | 10 | 262 | observed |
| 1947 | 10 | 260 | observed |
| 1948 | 10 | 259 | observed |
| 1949 | 5 | 344 | observed |
| 1950 | 16 | 213 | observed |
| 1951 | 21 | 180 | observed |
| 1952 | 16 | 204 | observed |
| 1953 | 28 | 162 | observed |
| 1954 | 24 | 175 | observed |
| 1955 | 21 | 182 | observed |
| 1956 | 21 | 192 | observed |
| 1957 | 22 | 180 | observed |
| 1958 | 21 | 187 | observed |
| 1959 | 13 | 252 | observed |
| 1960 | 17 | 217 | observed |
| 1961 | 15 | 238 | observed |
| 1962 | 13 | 263 | observed |
| 1963 | 23 | 192 | observed |
| 1964 | 14 | 264 | observed |
| 1965 | 20 | 228 | observed |
| 1966 | 15 | 261 | observed |
| 1967 | 12 | 300 | observed |
| 1968 | 13 | 293 | observed |
| 1969 | 21 | 232 | observed |
| 1970 | 18 | 257 | observed |
| 1971 | 19 | 251 | observed |
| 1972 | 10 | 379 | observed |
| 1973 | 16 | 279 | observed |
| 1974 | 13 | 331 | observed |
| 1975 | 15 | 291 | observed |
| 1976 | 11 | 370 | observed |
| 1977 | 12 | 350 | observed |
| 1978 | 8 | 434 | observed |
| 1979 | 14 | 316 | observed |
| 1980 | 13 | 330 | observed |
| 1981 | 11 | 364 | observed |
| 1982 | 12 | 360 | observed |
| 1983 | 6 | 517 | observed |
| 1984 | 15 | 314 | observed |
| 1985 | 9 | 433 | observed |
| 1986 | 6 | 516 | observed |
| 1987 | 10 | 391 | observed |
| 1988 | 12 | 357 | observed |
| 1989 | 9 | 418 | observed |
| 1990 | 13 | 337 | observed |
| 1991 | 7 | 473 | observed |
| 1992 | 9 | 388 | observed |
| 1993 | 8 | 412 | observed |
| 1994 | 8 | 408 | observed |
| 1995 | 8 | 408 | observed |
| 1996 | 12 | 321 | observed |
| 1997 | 5 | 487 | observed |
| 1998 | 6 | 449 | observed |
| 1999 | 10 | 347 | observed |
| 2000 | 6 | 442 | observed |
| 2001 | 10 | 331 | observed |
| 2002 | 6 | 428 | observed |
| 2003 | 6 | 442 | observed |
| 2004 | 7 | 390 | observed |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | 5 | 483 | observed |
| 2007 | 9 | 382 | observed |
| 2008 | 5 | 493 | observed |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | 5 | 489 | observed |
| 2011 | 4 | 527 | observed |
| 2012 | 5 | 492 | observed |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | 6 | 449 | observed |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Erland” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Swedish actor, film director and author (1923-2012)
Norwegian footballer
Swedish archeologist and anthropologist (1877–1932)
Swiss handball player (1912-2003)
Swedish composer, educator, conductor, organist and pianist (1910–2009)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
