Meaning and history
Anglicized form of Éireann, first used mainly by people of Irish heritage in America, Canada, and Australia; it remained rare until the mid-1950s.
20062006: 2,644 births, rank #131
2007: 2,477 births, rank #141
2008: 2,064 births, rank #164
2009: 1,696 births, rank #194
2010: 1,441 births, rank #216
20112011: 1,350 births, rank #234
2012: 1,235 births, rank #263
2013: 1,168 births, rank #275
2014: 1,022 births, rank #324
2015: 974 births, rank #335
20162016: 925 births, rank #355
2017: 777 births, rank #408
2018: 743 births, rank #417
2019: 650 births, rank #485
2020: 581 births, rank #521
20212021: 527 births, rank #575
2022: 427 births, rank #686
2023: 451 births, rank #651
2024: 352 births, rank #798
20252025: 327 births, rank #833
Erin moved from #799 to #833 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1983, with 14,836 births.