Errin — unisex name
848 babies named Errin in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Errin was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Errin in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Errin
The Social Security Administration has registered 848 babies named Errin between 1964 and 2017, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Errin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 46 babies received it in a single year. Errin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 271 additional births since 1966.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Errin performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 304 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Errin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Errin in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Errin 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 848 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.
Errin at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Errin popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1964
- Peak year (1977)
- 46
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
848 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 46 births in a single year.
Errin popularity over time — boys
271 total births recorded since 1966 (Errin as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Errin accounts for 24% of total recorded use across both genders.
Errin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 304 births that decade — 36% of Errin's all-time total
Errin decade highlights
- Peak decade 304 births
- Runner-up 258 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Errin's strongest decade
304 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Errin by state
Where Errin concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 23 | 2.7% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
23 of 848 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.2% of nationwide
- Texas 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1964–2017 (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.