Erin was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #18 in 1983 but is far less common today.
Erin is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #833 among girls (327) and #4,587 among boys (22) — overall #1,515 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 349 | 349 | #833 | #4,587 |
| 2024 | 384 | 384 | #799 | #3,544 |
| 2023 | 484 | 484 | #652 | #3,495 |
| 2022 | 453 | 453 | #687 | #4,123 |
| 2021 | 564 | 564 | #575 | #3,203 |
| 2020 | 621 | 621 | #521 | #2,943 |
| 2019 | 684 | 684 | #485 | #3,377 |
| 2018 | 780 | 780 | #417 | #3,122 |
| 2017 | 830 | 830 | #408 | #2,429 |
| 2016 | 966 | 966 | #355 | #2,902 |
| 2015 | 1,033 | 1,033 | #336 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 1,073 | 1,073 | #324 | #2,470 |
| 2013 | 1,214 | 1,214 | #275 | #2,603 |
| 2012 | 1,297 | 1,297 | #263 | #2,163 |
| 2011 | 1,404 | 1,404 | #234 | #2,357 |
| 2010 | 1,498 | 1,503 | #216 | #2,270 |
| 2009 | 1,763 | 1,763 | #194 | #2,057 |
| 2008 | 2,130 | 2,130 | #164 | #2,095 |
| 2007 | 2,548 | 2,548 | #141 | #1,985 |
| 2006 | 2,717 | 2,717 | #131 | #1,863 |
| 2005 | 2,977 | 2,983 | #112 | #1,859 |
| 2004 | 3,456 | 3,461 | #95 | #1,508 |
| 2003 | 4,014 | 4,014 | #80 | #1,483 |
| 2002 | 4,242 | 4,242 | #72 | #1,363 |
| 2001 | 5,066 | 5,066 | #60 | #1,234 |
| 2000 | 5,283 | 5,283 | #61 | #1,317 |
| 1999 | 5,344 | 5,344 | #58 | #1,102 |
| 1998 | 5,585 | 5,585 | #57 | #1,123 |
| 1997 | 6,065 | — | #52 | #1,020 |
| 1996 | 6,399 | — | #51 | #916 |
| 1995 | 6,776 | — | #49 | #742 |
| 1994 | 7,077 | — | #45 | #814 |
| 1993 | 6,885 | — | #48 | #816 |
| 1992 | 7,231 | — | #46 | #797 |
| 1991 | 7,381 | — | #44 | #780 |
| 1990 | 8,227 | — | #43 | #655 |
| 1989 | 8,377 | — | #40 | #654 |
| 1988 | 8,470 | — | #37 | #664 |
| 1987 | 9,039 | — | #34 | #659 |
| 1986 | 10,269 | — | #30 | #632 |
| 1985 | 11,599 | — | #26 | #597 |
| 1984 | 12,814 | — | #25 | #615 |
| 1983 | 15,050 | — | #18 | #577 |
| 1982 | 14,608 | — | #20 | #549 |
| 1981 | 14,095 | — | #19 | #540 |
| 1980 | 13,692 | — | #20 | #529 |
| 1979 | 11,524 | — | #21 | #519 |
| 1978 | 11,045 | — | #21 | #506 |
| 1977 | 10,446 | — | #23 | #533 |
| 1976 | 8,676 | — | #24 | #456 |
| 1975 | 7,213 | — | #38 | #447 |
| 1974 | 6,188 | — | #47 | #442 |
| 1973 | 4,183 | — | #79 | #447 |
| 1972 | 3,577 | — | #93 | #463 |
| 1971 | 4,175 | — | #93 | #456 |
| 1970 | 3,742 | — | #111 | #498 |
| 1969 | 3,278 | — | #114 | #531 |
| 1968 | 2,022 | — | #174 | #606 |
| 1967 | 1,793 | — | #185 | #715 |
| 1966 | 1,622 | — | #207 | #742 |
| 1965 | 1,553 | — | #220 | #779 |
| 1964 | 1,500 | — | #229 | #889 |
| 1963 | 1,258 | — | #255 | #995 |
| 1962 | 1,114 | — | #276 | #1,060 |
| 1961 | 1,171 | — | #269 | #1,283 |
| 1960 | 1,207 | — | #264 | #1,076 |
| 1959 | 1,269 | — | #248 | #1,235 |
| 1958 | 1,173 | — | #260 | #1,266 |
| 1957 | 1,052 | — | #274 | #1,271 |
| 1956 | 326 | — | #534 | #1,736 |
| 1955 | 186 | — | #715 | #2,474 |
| 1954 | 185 | — | #702 | #2,637 |
| 1953 | 100 | — | #1,044 | #2,128 |
| 1952 | 105 | — | #1,005 | #1,882 |
| 1951 | 105 | — | #939 | #2,910 |
| 1950 | 90 | — | #1,044 | #2,136 |
| 1949 | 81 | — | #1,025 | #3,849 |
| 1948 | 64 | — | #1,176 | #3,842 |
| 1947 | 88 | — | #980 | #3,174 |
| 1946 | 74 | — | #1,037 | #2,988 |
| 1945 | 49 | — | #1,125 | — |
| 1944 | 56 | — | #1,107 | #3,223 |
| 1943 | 45 | — | #1,206 | — |
| 1942 | 47 | — | #1,233 | #3,730 |
| 1941 | 51 | — | #1,191 | #2,246 |
| 1940 | 32 | — | #1,487 | #3,610 |
| 1939 | 31 | — | #1,524 | #3,226 |
| 1938 | 41 | — | #1,237 | #3,284 |
| 1937 | 26 | — | #1,465 | — |
| 1936 | 18 | — | #1,819 | — |
| 1935 | 20 | — | #1,736 | — |
| 1934 | 22 | — | #1,619 | — |
| 1933 | 18 | — | #1,855 | — |
| 1932 | 16 | — | #2,062 | — |
| 1931 | 9 | — | #3,048 | — |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #3,138 | — |
| 1929 | 7 | — | #3,795 | — |
| 1928 | 18 | — | #2,040 | — |
| 1927 | 15 | — | #2,368 | — |
| 1926 | 10 | — | #3,120 | — |
| 1925 | 10 | — | #3,182 | — |
| 1924 | 25 | — | #2,080 | #4,026 |
| 1923 | 34 | — | #1,364 | — |
| 1922 | 16 | — | #2,315 | — |
| 1921 | 35 | — | #1,553 | #4,015 |
| 1920 | 31 | — | #1,677 | #3,970 |
| 1919 | 28 | — | #1,492 | — |
| 1918 | 29 | — | #1,711 | #3,868 |
| 1917 | 30 | — | #1,351 | — |
| 1916 | 26 | — | #1,457 | — |
| 1915 | 35 | — | #1,324 | #3,537 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #1,401 | — |
| 1913 | 20 | — | #1,281 | — |
| 1912 | 14 | — | #1,496 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,694 | — |
| 1910 | 9 | — | #1,673 | — |
| 1909 | 15 | — | #1,070 | — |
| 1908 | 5 | — | #2,214 | — |
| 1907 | 8 | — | #1,545 | — |
| 1906 | 10 | — | #1,249 | — |
| 1905 | 9 | — | #1,338 | — |
| 1904 | 7 | — | #1,534 | — |
| 1903 | 10 | — | #1,151 | — |
| 1902 | 7 | — | #1,492 | — |
| 1900 | 9 | — | #1,350 | — |
| 1898 | 11 | — | #1,059 | — |
| 1897 | 10 | — | #1,059 | — |
| 1896 | 6 | — | #1,470 | — |
| 1895 | 11 | — | #1,008 | — |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,557 | — |
| 1890 | 9 | — | #960 | — |
| 1889 | 6 | — | #1,186 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,347 | — |