# Erin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/erin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “ireland” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛɹɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 326,053 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,478 / 316,575 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 35,599, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicisation of Irish Éirinn (dative singular and dialectal nominative singular of Éire (“Ireland”)).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,350 | 234 |
| 2012 | 1,235 | 263 |
| 2013 | 1,168 | 275 |
| 2014 | 1,022 | 324 |
| 2015 | 974 | 336 |
| 2016 | 925 | 355 |
| 2017 | 777 | 408 |
| 2018 | 743 | 417 |
| 2019 | 650 | 485 |
| 2020 | 581 | 521 |
| 2021 | 527 | 575 |
| 2022 | 427 | 687 |
| 2023 | 451 | 652 |
| 2024 | 352 | 799 |
| 2025 | 327 | 833 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 54 | 2,357 |
| 2012 | 62 | 2,163 |
| 2013 | 46 | 2,603 |
| 2014 | 51 | 2,470 |
| 2015 | 59 | 2,260 |
| 2016 | 41 | 2,902 |
| 2017 | 53 | 2,429 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,122 |
| 2019 | 34 | 3,377 |
| 2020 | 40 | 2,943 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,203 |
| 2022 | 26 | 4,123 |
| 2023 | 33 | 3,495 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,544 |
| 2025 | 22 | 4,587 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,491 | 39 |
| 2012 | 1,504 | 36 |
| 2013 | 1,328 | 40 |
| 2014 | 1,343 | 42 |
| 2015 | 1,249 | 43 |
| 2016 | 1,212 | 46 |
| 2017 | 1,161 | 45 |
| 2018 | 1,024 | 50 |
| 2019 | 947 | 54 |
| 2020 | 851 | 58 |
| 2021 | 884 | 59 |
| 2022 | 829 | 55 |
| 2023 | 698 | 65 |
| 2024 | 689 | 65 |
| 2025 | 633 | 72 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 7 | 2,282 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Erin

- Erin Brockovich, American environmental activist
- Erin Moriarty, American actress
- Erin Heatherton, American model, actress, and entrepreneur
- Erin Moran, American actress (1960-2017)
- Erin Kellyman, British actress
- Erin Daniels, American actress
- Erin Sanders, American actress
- Erin Gray, American model, talent agent, and actress (born 1950)
- Erin Jackson, American speed skater (1992-)
- Erin McLeod, Canadian soccer player
- Erin Burnett, American news anchor, currently the anchor of Erin Burnett OutFront on CNN
- Erin Andrews, American sportscaster and television personality

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.