Erin: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced AIR-in · 2 syllables

Anglicisation of Irish Eirinn (dative singular and dialectal nominative singular of Eire (“Ireland”)).

How popular is Erin?

Erin was the #833 name in the US in 2025, given to 349 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 61% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Babies named Erin in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1980).

Half of US adults named Erin are older than 42; most are between 23 and 58. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Erin have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Erin is pronounced AIR-in.

Erin was the #833 name in the US in 2025, given to 349 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 61% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Half of US adults named Erin are older than 42. Most are between 23 and 58.