Unisex name · since 1977
Erine
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.
- #28,543 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Erine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 88 have been recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Erine recorded 88 times among girls since 1977, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1990.
- #28,543 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erine ranks #28,543 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,543 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Erine's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Erine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Erine's full recorded timeline at 1983, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Erine popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1990
- Peak year (1979)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Erine popularity over time - boys
12 total births recorded since 1974 (Erine as boys' name)
Erine by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (55 births, 63% of the file).
1980s was Erine's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Erine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
26 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 55 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Erine's decade-level peak was the 1980s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Erine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Erine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.