Erwin is an established boys' name that peaked in 1922 and has since faded.
Erwin is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,402 for boy births in the United States (and #5,168 across all names), given to 57 babies. Erwin first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (512 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,402 |
| 2024 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,429 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,489 |
| 2022 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,624 |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,664 |
| 2020 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,445 |
| 2019 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,562 |
| 2018 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,557 |
| 2017 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,689 |
| 2016 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,420 |
| 2015 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,576 |
| 2014 | 66 | 66 | — | #2,102 |
| 2013 | 62 | 62 | — | #2,146 |
| 2012 | 71 | 71 | — | #1,993 |
| 2011 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,784 |
| 2010 | 91 | 91 | — | #1,689 |
| 2009 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,672 |
| 2008 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,831 |
| 2007 | 106 | 106 | — | #1,498 |
| 2006 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,577 |
| 2005 | 109 | 116 | — | #1,375 |
| 2004 | 101 | 106 | — | #1,407 |
| 2003 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,413 |
| 2002 | 98 | 103 | — | #1,348 |
| 2001 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,514 |
| 2000 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,374 |
| 1999 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,496 |
| 1998 | 55 | 60 | — | #1,818 |
| 1997 | 66 | — | — | #1,557 |
| 1996 | 80 | — | — | #1,348 |
| 1995 | 79 | — | — | #1,321 |
| 1994 | 95 | — | — | #1,172 |
| 1993 | 111 | — | — | #1,051 |
| 1992 | 123 | — | — | #976 |
| 1991 | 126 | — | — | #949 |
| 1990 | 88 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1989 | 112 | — | — | #964 |
| 1988 | 86 | — | — | #1,074 |
| 1987 | 103 | — | — | #932 |
| 1986 | 103 | — | — | #897 |
| 1985 | 96 | — | — | #929 |
| 1984 | 89 | — | — | #934 |
| 1983 | 87 | — | — | #947 |
| 1982 | 88 | — | — | #959 |
| 1981 | 120 | — | #9,446 | #824 |
| 1980 | 111 | — | — | #836 |
| 1979 | 84 | — | — | #967 |
| 1978 | 87 | — | — | #930 |
| 1977 | 92 | — | — | #885 |
| 1976 | 76 | — | — | #958 |
| 1975 | 79 | — | — | #923 |
| 1974 | 80 | — | — | #905 |
| 1973 | 91 | — | — | #835 |
| 1972 | 107 | — | — | #772 |
| 1971 | 109 | — | — | #779 |
| 1970 | 108 | — | — | #791 |
| 1969 | 121 | — | — | #710 |
| 1968 | 91 | — | — | #777 |
| 1967 | 136 | — | — | #639 |
| 1966 | 130 | — | — | #649 |
| 1965 | 137 | — | — | #640 |
| 1964 | 171 | — | — | #602 |
| 1963 | 156 | — | — | #625 |
| 1962 | 156 | — | — | #621 |
| 1961 | 164 | — | — | #622 |
| 1960 | 190 | — | — | #566 |
| 1959 | 187 | — | — | #571 |
| 1958 | 194 | — | — | #554 |
| 1957 | 219 | — | — | #519 |
| 1956 | 194 | — | — | #539 |
| 1955 | 175 | — | — | #555 |
| 1954 | 177 | — | — | #550 |
| 1953 | 156 | — | — | #572 |
| 1952 | 162 | — | #4,613 | #563 |
| 1951 | 161 | — | — | #535 |
| 1950 | 141 | — | — | #573 |
| 1949 | 145 | — | — | #561 |
| 1948 | 187 | — | — | #486 |
| 1947 | 137 | — | — | #578 |
| 1946 | 167 | — | — | #499 |
| 1945 | 151 | — | — | #491 |
| 1944 | 158 | — | — | #481 |
| 1943 | 212 | — | — | #427 |
| 1942 | 196 | — | — | #442 |
| 1941 | 136 | — | — | #501 |
| 1940 | 184 | — | — | #430 |
| 1939 | 157 | — | — | #458 |
| 1938 | 212 | — | — | #390 |
| 1937 | 197 | — | — | #396 |
| 1936 | 248 | — | — | #346 |
| 1935 | 249 | — | — | #350 |
| 1934 | 285 | — | — | #322 |
| 1933 | 262 | — | — | #332 |
| 1932 | 308 | — | — | #311 |
| 1931 | 334 | — | — | #304 |
| 1930 | 370 | — | — | #298 |
| 1929 | 384 | — | #4,231 | #286 |
| 1928 | 400 | — | #4,352 | #283 |
| 1927 | 415 | — | #5,035 | #280 |
| 1926 | 462 | — | — | #266 |
| 1925 | 429 | — | — | #275 |
| 1924 | 501 | — | — | #257 |
| 1923 | 444 | — | — | #267 |
| 1922 | 513 | — | #5,251 | #249 |
| 1921 | 494 | — | — | #253 |
| 1920 | 460 | — | — | #255 |
| 1919 | 443 | — | — | #251 |
| 1918 | 512 | — | — | #233 |
| 1917 | 487 | — | #3,450 | #228 |
| 1916 | 490 | — | #4,079 | #222 |
| 1915 | 423 | — | — | #235 |
| 1914 | 360 | — | — | #222 |
| 1913 | 275 | — | — | #228 |
| 1912 | 210 | — | — | #243 |
| 1911 | 92 | — | — | #271 |
| 1910 | 72 | — | — | #290 |
| 1909 | 76 | — | — | #254 |
| 1908 | 59 | — | — | #283 |
| 1907 | 47 | — | — | #310 |
| 1906 | 65 | — | — | #244 |
| 1905 | 58 | — | — | #261 |
| 1904 | 52 | — | — | #266 |
| 1903 | 57 | — | — | #244 |
| 1902 | 49 | — | — | #270 |
| 1901 | 63 | — | — | #216 |
| 1900 | 43 | — | — | #326 |
| 1899 | 46 | — | — | #247 |
| 1898 | 48 | — | — | #259 |
| 1897 | 46 | — | — | #260 |
| 1896 | 50 | — | — | #257 |
| 1895 | 46 | — | — | #262 |
| 1894 | 35 | — | — | #297 |
| 1893 | 33 | — | — | #302 |
| 1892 | 32 | — | — | #332 |
| 1891 | 33 | — | — | #285 |
| 1890 | 35 | — | — | #291 |
| 1889 | 29 | — | — | #327 |
| 1888 | 28 | — | — | #349 |
| 1887 | 24 | — | — | #334 |
| 1886 | 22 | — | — | #372 |
| 1885 | 26 | — | — | #334 |
| 1884 | 17 | — | — | #455 |
| 1883 | 26 | — | — | #326 |
| 1882 | 12 | — | — | #553 |
| 1881 | 17 | — | — | #422 |
| 1880 | 16 | — | — | #446 |