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How popular is the name Erin?
Births per year, rank history and how many Erins are alive today.
Erin (female) is currently the 65th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 689 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 2006, when 1,985 babies were given the name, the 28th most popular that year. It has declined since 2006; the 2024 figure is roughly 35% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 34,000 babies have been named Erin in England and Wales since 1996.
The Erin you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old. Half of all Erins born in England and Wales are between 11 and 23, and there are at least 38,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 11% chance that at least one of them will be called Erin.
How many babies are named Erin each year?
Where does Erin rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Erin most popular?
Erin peaked in 2006, when 1,985 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Erin?
At least 38,000 people named Erin born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Erin?
Most living Erins are between 11 and 23; the most common age is about 19.
Is Erin becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2006 peak.