Erine — unisex name
88 babies named Erine in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Erine was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Erine in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Erine
The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Erine between 1977 and 1990, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Erine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Erine is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12 additional births since 1974.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Erine performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Erine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Erine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 88 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Erine at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Erine popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1977
- Peak year (1979)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
88 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 11 births in a single year.
Erine popularity over time — boys
12 total births recorded since 1974 (Erine as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Erine accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Erine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 55 births that decade — 63% of Erine's all-time total
Erine decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Erine's strongest decade
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.