Erin

#833 for girls in 2025, 327 births · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to girls 97.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1983 · 14,836 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
34 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
316,575
since 1888

Erin over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #18, 1983girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#833327#4,53922
2024#798352#3,52432
2023#651451#3,47433
2022#686427#4,08926
2021#575527#3,18037
2020#521581#2,92540
2019#485650#3,34734
2018#417743#3,10637
2017#408777#2,41753
2016#355925#2,88541
2015#335974#2,25359
2014#3241,022#2,46151
2013#2751,168#2,59446
2012#2631,235#2,15562
2011#2341,350#2,34654
2010#2161,441#2,26257
2009#1941,696#2,05067
2008#1642,064#2,08866
2007#1412,477#1,97271
2006#1312,644#1,85673
2005#1122,908#1,85469
2004#953,367#1,50289
2003#803,926#1,47888
2002#724,145#1,35797
2001#604,958#1,231108
2000#605,185#1,31498
1999#585,223#1,100121
1998#575,471#1,123114
1997#525,940#1,016125
1996#516,256#914143
1995#496,565#740211
1994#456,908#814169
1993#486,717#815168
1992#467,059#797172
1991#447,207#780174
1990#437,989#655238
1989#408,144#654233
1988#378,267#662203
1987#348,847#659192
1986#3010,068#632201
1985#2611,384#597215
1984#2512,622#614192
1983#1814,836#576214
1982#2014,362#549246
1981#1913,853#539242
1980#2013,428#529264
1979#2111,259#517265
1978#2110,786#505259
1977#2310,198#533248
1976#248,381#455295
1975#386,894#447319
1974#475,868#442320
1973#793,877#446306
1972#933,289#463288
1971#933,856#456319
1970#1113,480#498262
1969#1143,059#531219
1968#1741,864#606158
1967#1851,685#713108
1966#2071,523#74099
1965#2201,463#77790
1964#2291,426#88974
1963#2551,200#99458
1962#2761,062#1,05652
1961#2691,133#1,27938
1960#2641,155#1,07252
1959#2481,229#1,22840
1958#2601,136#1,26537
1957#2741,014#1,26738
1956#534305#1,72221
1955#714175#2,43511
1954#702175#2,59210
1953#1,04086#2,09914
1952#1,00488#1,85617
1951#93897#2,8448
1950#1,04177#2,11113
1949#1,02376#3,6905
1948#1,17359#3,6685
1947#97981#3,0967
1946#1,03267#2,9197
1945#1,12249
1944#1,10450#3,1096
1943#1,20645
1942#1,22942#3,5605
1941#1,18440#2,20711
1940#1,47727#3,4595
1939#1,51425#3,1136
1938#1,23135#3,1756
1937#1,45126
1936#1,80118
1935#1,72020
1934#1,60322
1933#1,83518
1932#2,03716
1931#2,9729
1930#3,0559
1929#3,6827
1928#2,02318
1927#2,33915
1926#3,04610
1925#3,11610
1924#2,06219#3,8676
1923#1,35034
1922#2,29116
1921#1,54329#3,8696
1920#1,66625#3,8156
1919#1,48128
1918#1,69023#3,7286
1917#1,33730
1916#1,44526
1915#1,31729#3,3926
1914#1,38521
1913#1,27420
1912#1,47714
1911#1,6569
1910#1,6349
1909#1,05215
1908#2,1015
1907#1,5128
1906#1,22910
1905#1,2989
1904#1,4867
1903#1,13710
1902#1,4387
1901
1900#1,3199
1899
1898#1,04711
1897#1,03710
1896#1,4166
1895#98611
1894#1,4855
1893
1892
1891
1890#9409
1889#1,1476
1888#1,2765
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1888

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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
95 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1983 at #18 (14,836 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 34 yrs · run 1971–2004
  • Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1954–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 113
  • Highest: 1 in 113 girls born in 1983 were named Erin (0.89%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,915 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 36.6% of all girls named Erin (115,811) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#1,147 (1889)#1,212
1890s52#940 (1890)#1,152
1900s80#1,052 (1909)#1,397
1910s209#1,274 (1913)#1,470
1920s183#1,350 (1923)#2,312
1930s198#1,231 (1938)#1,922
1940s536#979 (1947)#1,153
1950s4,382#248 (1959)#676
1960s15,570#114 (1969)#219
1970s67,888#21 (1979)#55
1980s115,811#18 (1983)#27
1990s65,335#43 (1990)#49
2000s33,370#60 (2000)#111
2010s10,285#216 (2010)#331
2020s2,665#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 1998

girls
#57
5,471 births · 1 in 323 girls
boys
#1,123
114 births · 1 in 16,766 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #57Erin5,471

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #1,123Erin114
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 323 of them was named Erin, which outranked 99.7% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Erin
  1. #54Kimberly5,722
  2. #55Michelle5,562
  3. #56Kelsey5,551
  4. #57Erin5,471
  5. #58Katelyn5,367
  6. #59Melissa5,354
  7. #60Bailey5,198
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 2,123Calista#2,820#697
  2. 1,165Ireland#1,983#818
  3. 1,158Abril#2,116#958
  4. 755Mya#993#238
  5. 619Ally#1,036#417
Fallers
  1. 586Yulissa#424#1,010
  2. 462Moesha#943#1,405
  3. 397Yulisa#985#1,382
  4. 376Tonya#905#1,281
  5. 347Xena#765#1,112

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 16,766 of them was named Erin, which outranked 90.1% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Erin
  1. #1,114Maximiliano115
  2. #1,114Menachem115
  3. #1,114Truman115
  4. #1,123Erin114
  5. #1,123Jalin114
  6. #1,123Jedidiah114
  7. #1,123Tavion114
  8. #1,127Desean113
  9. #1,127Oswaldo113
  10. #1,127Reggie113

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 1,736Tyrese#2,347#611
  2. 805Zion#1,499#694
  3. 785Mekhi#1,706#921
  4. 743Tyriq#1,519#776
  5. 741Tavian#1,599#858
Fallers
  1. 429Coty#918#1,347
  2. 367Anfernee#838#1,205
  3. 326Jessy#962#1,288
  4. 295Mickey#966#1,261
  5. 280Mikal#1,000#1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998