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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #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—
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1890#9409—
1889#1,1476—
1888#1,2765—
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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.

Where Erin is popular in 1888

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1888

girls
#1,276
5 births · 1 in 35,724 girls

Top girls' names in 1888

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #1,276Erin5
More about 1888

girls

178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 35,724 of them was named Erin, which outranked 13.4% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Erin
  1. #1,136Vita6
  2. #1,136Willia6
  3. #1,136Zillah6
  4. #1,276Erin5
  5. #1,276Adel5
  6. #1,276Adelle5
  7. #1,276Adina5

Tied with 198 names at #1,276; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 535Zilpha#1,147 → #612
  2. ↑ 511Eudora#1,147 → #636
  3. ↑ 478Lorraine#1,036 → #558
  4. ↑ 457Dillie#1,147 → #690
  5. ↑ 457Leanna#1,147 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136

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

See the top 100 for 1888 →