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Erin
Pronounced /ˈɛɹɪn/
Rank in 2024
#3,652
Born in 2024
31
Peak year
1974 · #442
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:352 in 2024 (#797)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 31 boys were named Erin, about 1 in every 55,333.
- It peaked in 1974 with 321 babies, ranked #442.
- It first shows up in the records in 1915.
- 9,455 boys 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
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 30 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 39 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 507 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,819 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,213 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,359 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 488 babies, 0.02 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.