Meaning and history
Erwin is a name derived from the Old German form Hariwini, made up of heri meaning “army” and wini meaning “friend,” and it may also have been influenced by Eberwin. A notable bearer was Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961), the Austrian physicist known for his contributions to quantum theory.
20062006: 93 births, rank #1,575
2007: 106 births, rank #1,496
2008: 80 births, rank #1,825
2009: 94 births, rank #1,665
2010: 91 births, rank #1,687
20112011: 81 births, rank #1,780
2012: 71 births, rank #1,983
2013: 62 births, rank #2,139
2014: 66 births, rank #2,098
2015: 48 births, rank #2,565
20162016: 53 births, rank #2,412
2017: 46 births, rank #2,672
2018: 50 births, rank #2,546
2019: 51 births, rank #2,556
2020: 53 births, rank #2,437
20212021: 48 births, rank #2,652
2022: 51 births, rank #2,616
2023: 54 births, rank #2,480
2024: 57 births, rank #2,418
20252025: 57 births, rank #2,390
Erwin moved from #949 to #976 for boys between 1991 and 1992. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 512 births.