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Erin
Pronounced /ˈɛɹɪn/
Rank in 2024
#797
Born in 2024
352
Peak year
1983 · #18
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:31 in 2024 (#3,652)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 352 girls were named Erin, about 1 in every 4,583.
- It peaked in 1983 with 14,837 babies, ranked #18.
- It first shows up in the records in 1888.
- 316,248 girls have been named Erin since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Erin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.3Boomers1946–64
- 3.6Gen X1965–80
- 5.4Millennials1981–96
- 1.9Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 438 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 476 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 10,642 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Gen X: 90,913 babies, 3.56 per 1,000. Millennials: 151,084 babies, 5.35 per 1,000. Gen Z: 54,027 babies, 1.86 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 8,596 babies, 0.42 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Anglicisation of Irish Éirinn (dative singular and dialectal nominative singular of Éire (“Ireland”)).
- A female or male given name, in use since the mid-20th century, used in honor of Ireland.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈɛɹɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Erin, CC BY-SA 4.0.