Given name & surname
Erkan
Erkan is a masculine given name. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Erkan isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Erkan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1985. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 316 as a first name in 2020; 213 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Erkan’s family of names
In Greek usage, Erkan is a transliteration of Ερκάν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Erkan
- Erkan ZenginTurkish-Swedish association football player (born 1985)
- Erkan PetekkayaTurkish actor of Kurdish ancestry (born 1970)
- Erkan CanTurkish actor (born 1958)
- Erkan BaşTurkish statesperson (born 1979)
- Erkan Kolçak KöstendilTurkish actor (born 1983)
- Erkan MumcuTurkish statesperson (born 1963)
- Erkan OğurTurkish musician (born 1954)
- Erkan KaşTurkish association football player (born 1991)
- R. Kan AlbayTurkish-Belgian actor and director (born 1975)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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>99% boys