Erin
#833 for girls in 2025, 327 births · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to girls 97.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 14,836 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 34 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 316,575since 1888
Erin over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #833 | 327 | #4,539 | 22 |
| 2024 | #798 | 352 | #3,524 | 32 |
| 2023 | #651 | 451 | #3,474 | 33 |
| 2022 | #686 | 427 | #4,089 | 26 |
| 2021 | #575 | 527 | #3,180 | 37 |
| 2020 | #521 | 581 | #2,925 | 40 |
| 2019 | #485 | 650 | #3,347 | 34 |
| 2018 | #417 | 743 | #3,106 | 37 |
| 2017 | #408 | 777 | #2,417 | 53 |
| 2016 | #355 | 925 | #2,885 | 41 |
| 2015 | #335 | 974 | #2,253 | 59 |
| 2014 | #324 | 1,022 | #2,461 | 51 |
| 2013 | #275 | 1,168 | #2,594 | 46 |
| 2012 | #263 | 1,235 | #2,155 | 62 |
| 2011 | #234 | 1,350 | #2,346 | 54 |
| 2010 | #216 | 1,441 | #2,262 | 57 |
| 2009 | #194 | 1,696 | #2,050 | 67 |
| 2008 | #164 | 2,064 | #2,088 | 66 |
| 2007 | #141 | 2,477 | #1,972 | 71 |
| 2006 | #131 | 2,644 | #1,856 | 73 |
| 2005 | #112 | 2,908 | #1,854 | 69 |
| 2004 | #95 | 3,367 | #1,502 | 89 |
| 2003 | #80 | 3,926 | #1,478 | 88 |
| 2002 | #72 | 4,145 | #1,357 | 97 |
| 2001 | #60 | 4,958 | #1,231 | 108 |
| 2000 | #60 | 5,185 | #1,314 | 98 |
| 1999 | #58 | 5,223 | #1,100 | 121 |
| 1998 | #57 | 5,471 | #1,123 | 114 |
| 1997 | #52 | 5,940 | #1,016 | 125 |
| 1996 | #51 | 6,256 | #914 | 143 |
| 1995 | #49 | 6,565 | #740 | 211 |
| 1994 | #45 | 6,908 | #814 | 169 |
| 1993 | #48 | 6,717 | #815 | 168 |
| 1992 | #46 | 7,059 | #797 | 172 |
| 1991 | #44 | 7,207 | #780 | 174 |
| 1990 | #43 | 7,989 | #655 | 238 |
| 1989 | #40 | 8,144 | #654 | 233 |
| 1988 | #37 | 8,267 | #662 | 203 |
| 1987 | #34 | 8,847 | #659 | 192 |
| 1986 | #30 | 10,068 | #632 | 201 |
| 1985 | #26 | 11,384 | #597 | 215 |
| 1984 | #25 | 12,622 | #614 | 192 |
| 1983 | #18 | 14,836 | #576 | 214 |
| 1982 | #20 | 14,362 | #549 | 246 |
| 1981 | #19 | 13,853 | #539 | 242 |
| 1980 | #20 | 13,428 | #529 | 264 |
| 1979 | #21 | 11,259 | #517 | 265 |
| 1978 | #21 | 10,786 | #505 | 259 |
| 1977 | #23 | 10,198 | #533 | 248 |
| 1976 | #24 | 8,381 | #455 | 295 |
| 1975 | #38 | 6,894 | #447 | 319 |
| 1974 | #47 | 5,868 | #442 | 320 |
| 1973 | #79 | 3,877 | #446 | 306 |
| 1972 | #93 | 3,289 | #463 | 288 |
| 1971 | #93 | 3,856 | #456 | 319 |
| 1970 | #111 | 3,480 | #498 | 262 |
| 1969 | #114 | 3,059 | #531 | 219 |
| 1968 | #174 | 1,864 | #606 | 158 |
| 1967 | #185 | 1,685 | #713 | 108 |
| 1966 | #207 | 1,523 | #740 | 99 |
| 1965 | #220 | 1,463 | #777 | 90 |
| 1964 | #229 | 1,426 | #889 | 74 |
| 1963 | #255 | 1,200 | #994 | 58 |
| 1962 | #276 | 1,062 | #1,056 | 52 |
| 1961 | #269 | 1,133 | #1,279 | 38 |
| 1960 | #264 | 1,155 | #1,072 | 52 |
| 1959 | #248 | 1,229 | #1,228 | 40 |
| 1958 | #260 | 1,136 | #1,265 | 37 |
| 1957 | #274 | 1,014 | #1,267 | 38 |
| 1956 | #534 | 305 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #714 | 175 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #702 | 175 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #1,040 | 86 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #1,004 | 88 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | #938 | 97 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #1,041 | 77 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #1,023 | 76 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 59 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #979 | 81 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #1,032 | 67 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #1,122 | 49 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,104 | 50 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #1,206 | 45 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,229 | 42 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #1,477 | 27 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,231 | 35 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,543 | 29 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 28 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #1,337 | 30 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,445 | 26 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,317 | 29 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,274 | 20 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,047 | 11 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Erin! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Erin
- 35 spots since 2024 (#798 → #833)
- 312 spots since 2020 (#521 → #833)
- 498 spots since 2015 (#335 → #833)
- Biggest jump: 499 spots in 1895 (#1,485 → #986)
- Biggest drop: 430 spots in 1896 (#986 → #1,416)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1983 at #18 (14,836 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 34 yrs · run 1971–2004
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1954–2025
- Highest: 1 in 113 girls born in 1983 were named Erin (0.89%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,915 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 36.6% of all girls named Erin (115,811) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #1,147 (1889) | #1,212 |
| 1890s | 52 | #940 (1890) | #1,152 |
| 1900s | 80 | #1,052 (1909) | #1,397 |
| 1910s | 209 | #1,274 (1913) | #1,470 |
| 1920s | 183 | #1,350 (1923) | #2,312 |
| 1930s | 198 | #1,231 (1938) | #1,922 |
| 1940s | 536 | #979 (1947) | #1,153 |
| 1950s | 4,382 | #248 (1959) | #676 |
| 1960s | 15,570 | #114 (1969) | #219 |
| 1970s | 67,888 | #21 (1979) | #55 |
| 1980s | 115,811 | #18 (1983) | #27 |
| 1990s | 65,335 | #43 (1990) | #49 |
| 2000s | 33,370 | #60 (2000) | #111 |
| 2010s | 10,285 | #216 (2010) | #331 |
| 2020s | 2,665 | #521 (2020) | #677 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Erin in 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
Top boys' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 269 of them was named Erin, which outranked 99.7% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 11,675 of them was named Erin, which outranked 92.0% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).