Erinn

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Erinn: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Erinn: Recorded since 1996, it reached #238 in 2006, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#238highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#2738
1998	#2701
1999	#2444
2000	#2746
2001	#3262
2002	#2868
2003	#4373
2004	#2112
2005	#2247
2006	#2509
2007	#2085
2008	#3005
2009	#2326
2010	#2589
2011	#2893
2012	#3681
2014	#4003
2015	#2705
2016	#4763
2017	#2706
2018	#5666
2019	#4001
2020	#4535
2021	#3961
2022	#3970
2023	#4709
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2019: #424 among girls in Northern Ireland, #4001 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2019
Highest recorded position: #238 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 1998–2019).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Erinn appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 172 births with the name.

Erinn across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Erinn's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#2085 (2007)	#5891 (2024)	28 of 29	172 (1996–2024)	11 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#261 (1998)	#238 (2006)	#424 (2019)	13 of 22	51 (1998–2019)	7 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#528 (1999)	#464 (2006)	#734 (2017)	10 of 19	41 (1999–2017)	7 (2006)

Erinn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Erinn in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	22	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	71	10 of 10	7
2010s	58	9 of 10	6
2020s	21	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Erinn appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #238 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Erinn's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#316	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#261	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #238, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 3 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Erin-Rose · #355, 14y
Erina · #1351, 27y
Erioluwa · #1951, 11y
Eris · #1164, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alix · #238, 29y
Johnathon · #238, 25y
Karis · #238, 29y
Katelynn · #238, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alix · #238, 29y
Amy-Lee · #238, 16y
Bobbie · #238, 30y
Ciarrai · #238, 13y

Erinn was ranked #238 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Erinn and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Erinn without appearing here.

Erinn moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #5581.
Kristin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #5591.
Martine Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2509 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2085 and #3218.
Vicki Compare
In 2003 they stood at #4373 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2112 and #3197.

Moved ahead of Erinn

Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #1711.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2340.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2499.
Tove Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.

Moved the opposite way to Erinn

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Erinn went from #2350 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Erinn went from #2350 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Erinn went from #2350 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Erinn went from #2350 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Erinn

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Erinn went from #2350 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Erinn went from #2350 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Erinn went from #2350 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Erinn went from #2350 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #238 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Erinn

Erinn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Erinn across 3 official records

Erinn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Erinn appears in

Popularity data

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Erinn across 3 official records

Erinn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Erinn appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Erinn and the names beside it

Erinn moved ahead of

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