# Erwin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/erwin/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɝwɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 21,262 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21,213 / 49 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 71, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 6 | 4,079 |
| 1917 | 8 | 3,450 |
| 1922 | 5 | 5,251 |
| 1927 | 5 | 5,035 |
| 1928 | 6 | 4,352 |
| 1929 | 6 | 4,231 |
| 1952 | 7 | 4,613 |
| 1981 | 6 | 9,446 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 81 | 1,784 |
| 2012 | 71 | 1,993 |
| 2013 | 62 | 2,146 |
| 2014 | 66 | 2,102 |
| 2015 | 48 | 2,576 |
| 2016 | 53 | 2,420 |
| 2017 | 46 | 2,689 |
| 2018 | 50 | 2,557 |
| 2019 | 51 | 2,562 |
| 2020 | 53 | 2,445 |
| 2021 | 48 | 2,664 |
| 2022 | 51 | 2,624 |
| 2023 | 54 | 2,489 |
| 2024 | 57 | 2,429 |
| 2025 | 57 | 2,402 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Erwin

- Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist (1887–1961)
- Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (1891–1944)
- Erwin Neher, German biophysicist
- Erwin Panofsky, German art historian (1892–1968)
- Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (1881–1944)
- Erwin Koeman, Dutch association football player and manager (born 1961)
- Egon Erwin Kisch, Austrian/Czech publicist and writer (1885-1948)
- Erwin Vandenbergh, Belgian association football player
- Erwin Bowien, German painter (1899-1972)
- Erwin Hoffer, Austrian footballer (born 1987)
- Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer
- Erwin Wurm, Austrian artist (born 1954)

## 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.