girl's name

Erinn

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 4,086

Northern Ireland

#466

2019 births

Erinn is a girl's name. In 2020 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1990, when 164 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1963.

Erinn over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2020, not a full ten years.

1,090
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Erinn by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 207
1970s 876
1980s 1,090
1990s 911
2000s 321
2010s 147
2020s (to 2020) 9

How popular is Erinn?

In 2020, Erinn was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Erinn is used

Northern Ireland #466 3 in 2019
Scotland #685 4 in 2008
Ireland #768 4 in 2017
Canada #2,704 5 in 2002
France #5,988 5 in 2025
England & Wales #6,793 3 in 2025
United States #10,459 9 in 2020

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Erinn

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Erinn also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Erinn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Erinn

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Erinn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Erinn

How popular is the name Erinn?

In 2020, Erinn was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Erinn a girl's or a boy's name?

Erinn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Erinn most popular?

Erinn peaked in 1990, when 164 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Erinn a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Erinn currently ranks #5,988 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.