Feminine dossier · first seen 1888

Erin

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Erin
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.6% from peak

Peak era

1983

Peak rank proxy

14,837

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1888Peak 19832024

Peak year

1983

Decline from peak

97.6%

2024

352

All-time

316,248

Erin once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1983, when 14,837 girls were named Erin.

In 2024, only 352 girls were given the name.

Down 97.6% from its peak.

All told, about 316,248 Americans have been named Erin and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1888.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.6% from peak

198314,837 girls named Erin

2024352 girls named Erin

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