NameTides

Erin

Erin was the #833 girls' name in the US in 2025 (327 babies), and #72 in England & Wales and #819 in Canada.

Erin as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Erin as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Erin as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#833 (327)#72 (633)#126 (36)#21 (57)#71 (75)#819 (35)—
2024#798 (352)#65 (689)#72 (56)#25 (58)#35 (120)#775 (38)—
2023#651 (451)#65 (698)#47 (85)#34 (53)#40 (120)#714 (39)—
2022#686 (427)#55 (829)#55 (81)#16 (80)#35 (150)#587 (48)—
2021#575 (527)#59 (884)#43 (102)#21 (76)#44 (132)#655 (45)—
2020#521 (581)#58 (851)#31 (110)#18 (79)#41 (127)#596 (48)—
2019#485 (650)#54 (947)#45 (98)#23 (83)#39 (143)#514 (62)—
2018#417 (743)#50 (1,024)#34 (124)#16 (95)#53 (112)#509 (61)—
2017#408 (777)#45 (1,161)#34 (135)#17 (96)#58 (109)#448 (73)—
2016#355 (925)#46 (1,212)#26 (156)#19 (97)#38 (165)#433 (78)—
2015#335 (974)#43 (1,249)#29 (160)#24 (87)#45 (136)#428 (78)—
2014#324 (1,022)#42 (1,343)#31 (154)#24 (98)#38 (158)#411 (80)—
2013#275 (1,168)#40 (1,328)#20 (223)#14 (131)#36 (180)#417 (78)—
2012#263 (1,235)#36 (1,504)#22 (198)#19 (133)#39 (177)#339 (96)—
2011#234 (1,350)#39 (1,491)#12 (281)#20 (125)#47 (159)#306 (108)#81 (86)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1983 at #18.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1888.
  • In 2025, 94% of US babies named Erin were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 400common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 500common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 130very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 280common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Erin is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,700 to 1 in 6,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Erin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #709ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #658NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #871PANew Jersey: #447NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #908CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,006TXFlorida: #864FL
Erin (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#56422

Erin (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ErinCanadaGirls#81935
ErinCanadaBoys—too few
ErinEngland & WalesGirls#72633
Erin-England & WalesGirls—too few
ErinEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ErinIrelandGirls#7175
ErínIrelandGirls—too few
ÉrinIrelandGirls—too few
ErinIrelandBoys—too few
ErinNorthern IrelandGirls#2157
ErinNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ErinNSWGirls—too few
ErinScotlandGirls#12636
ErinUSGirls#833327
ErinUSBoys#4,53922