Erin
Pronounced EH1 R IH0 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1983
- 137 years in use
- 5 spellings
How popular is Erin?
Erin is a girls' name, and first appears in 1888. It has been given to 338,917 children — the 134th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 62% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1983, when 15,096 children were given it.
Five other spellings are counted in that total — Errin, Eryn, Erinn and two more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Erin and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Errin
- Eryn
- Erinn
- Aerin
- Airin
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- EH1 R IH0 N · EH1 R IH1 N · ER0 IH1 N · ER1 IH0 N · ER1 IH1 N · EY1 IY1 AA1 R IH0 N · EY1 IY1 AA1 R IH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 10 · 11 · 01 · 10 · 11 · 1110 · 1111
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Erin
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Erin
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Erin?
- Erin ranks 134th among girls' names in US records, with 338,917 births since 1888. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,647.
- Is Erin a unisex name?
- No. Erin is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Erin most popular?
- 1983, when 15,096 children were given the name. It has been in use for 137 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Erin spelled?
- Errin, Eryn, Erinn, Aerin, Airin. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.