Erwin
Erwin was given to 57 boys in 2025, #2,402 among boys’ names; 21,262 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,850 Americans named Erwin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (37% of everyone recorded); the median is 50 years old and half are between 28 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Erwin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Erwin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Erwin is “a male given name from the Germanic languages, of rare usage, variant of Irwin.”
/ˈɝwɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Erwin?
#2,402 among boys’ names, 2025
Erwin rose from #2,575 in 2015 to #2,402 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 25.0 to 33.4 per million.
513 babies in 1922, the peak
Erwin peaked in 1922, when 513 babies were given it (508 boys, #249 among boys’ names). The 57 births of 2025 are 11% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,402 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,429 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 54 | #2,488 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 51 | #2,623 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 48 | #2,663 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 53 | #2,444 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 51 | #2,561 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 50 | #2,556 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,688 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 53 | #2,420 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 48 | #2,575 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,101 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,145 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 71 | #1,992 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 81 | #1,783 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 91 | #1,689 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 94 | #1,671 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 80 | #1,831 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 106 | #1,498 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 93 | #1,577 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 109 | #1,374 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 101 | #1,405 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,411 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,345 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 80 | #1,510 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 92 | #1,371 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 76 | #1,493 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 55 | #1,815 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 66 | #1,554 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 80 | #1,346 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 79 | #1,316 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 95 | #1,168 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 111 | #1,047 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 123 | #973 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 126 | #944 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 88 | #1,153 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 112 | #961 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 86 | #1,072 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 103 | #931 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 103 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 96 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 89 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 87 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 88 | #959 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 114 | #824 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 111 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 84 | #967 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 87 | #930 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 92 | #885 | 0.06 |
| 1976 | 76 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 79 | #923 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 80 | #905 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 91 | #835 | 0.06 |
| 1972 | 107 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 109 | #779 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 108 | #791 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 121 | #710 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 91 | #777 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 136 | #639 | 0.08 |
| 1966 | 130 | #649 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 137 | #640 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 171 | #602 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 156 | #625 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 156 | #621 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 164 | #621 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 190 | #565 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 187 | #570 | 0.09 |
| 1958 | 194 | #553 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 219 | #518 | 0.10 |
| 1956 | 194 | #538 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 175 | #554 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 177 | #549 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 156 | #571 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 155 | #562 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 161 | #534 | 0.09 |
| 1950 | 141 | #572 | 0.08 |
| 1949 | 145 | #560 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 187 | #486 | 0.11 |
| 1947 | 137 | #578 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 167 | #499 | 0.10 |
| 1945 | 151 | #491 | 0.11 |
| 1944 | 158 | #481 | 0.12 |
| 1943 | 212 | #427 | 0.15 |
| 1942 | 196 | #442 | 0.14 |
| 1941 | 136 | #501 | 0.11 |
| 1940 | 184 | #430 | 0.16 |
| 1939 | 157 | #458 | 0.14 |
| 1938 | 212 | #390 | 0.19 |
| 1937 | 197 | #396 | 0.18 |
| 1936 | 248 | #346 | 0.24 |
| 1935 | 249 | #350 | 0.24 |
| 1934 | 285 | #322 | 0.28 |
| 1933 | 262 | #332 | 0.26 |
| 1932 | 308 | #311 | 0.29 |
| 1931 | 334 | #304 | 0.32 |
| 1930 | 370 | #298 | 0.34 |
| 1929 | 378 | #286 | 0.35 |
| 1928 | 394 | #283 | 0.36 |
| 1927 | 410 | #280 | 0.36 |
| 1926 | 462 | #266 | 0.42 |
| 1925 | 429 | #275 | 0.38 |
| 1924 | 501 | #257 | 0.44 |
| 1923 | 444 | #267 | 0.41 |
| 1922 | 508 | #249 | 0.47 |
| 1921 | 494 | #253 | 0.45 |
| 1920 | 460 | #255 | 0.43 |
| 1919 | 443 | #251 | 0.45 |
| 1918 | 512 | #233 | 0.51 |
| 1917 | 479 | #228 | 0.52 |
| 1916 | 484 | #222 | 0.54 |
| 1915 | 423 | #235 | 0.50 |
| 1914 | 360 | #222 | 0.55 |
| 1913 | 275 | #228 | 0.54 |
| 1912 | 210 | #243 | 0.49 |
| 1911 | 92 | #271 | 0.41 |
| 1910 | 72 | #290 | 0.37 |
| 1909 | 76 | #254 | 0.46 |
| 1908 | 59 | #283 | 0.38 |
| 1907 | 47 | #310 | 0.32 |
| 1906 | 65 | #244 | 0.49 |
| 1905 | 58 | #261 | 0.44 |
| 1904 | 52 | #266 | 0.41 |
| 1903 | 57 | #244 | 0.48 |
| 1902 | 49 | #270 | 0.40 |
| 1901 | 63 | #216 | 0.59 |
| 1900 | 43 | #326 | 0.29 |
| 1899 | 46 | #247 | 0.43 |
| 1898 | 48 | #259 | 0.39 |
| 1897 | 46 | #260 | 0.41 |
| 1896 | 50 | #257 | 0.42 |
| 1895 | 46 | #262 | 0.39 |
| 1894 | 35 | #297 | 0.30 |
| 1893 | 33 | #302 | 0.29 |
| 1892 | 32 | #332 | 0.26 |
| 1891 | 33 | #285 | 0.33 |
| 1890 | 35 | #291 | 0.32 |
| 1889 | 29 | #327 | 0.26 |
| 1888 | 28 | #349 | 0.23 |
| 1887 | 24 | #334 | 0.24 |
| 1886 | 22 | #372 | 0.20 |
| 1885 | 26 | #334 | 0.24 |
| 1884 | 17 | #455 | 0.15 |
| 1883 | 26 | #326 | 0.25 |
| 1882 | 12 | #553 | 0.11 |
| 1881 | 17 | #422 | 0.17 |
| 1880 | 16 | #446 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Erwin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Erwin has been given almost only to boys: 49 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Erwin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Erwin, and how old are they?
7,850 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 37% of the 21,262 Americans ever recorded as Erwin. The median Erwin alive today is 50 years old; half are between 28 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 12,624 people named Erwin (65 women and girls, 12,559 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,668 born in the U.S. The Census count is 46% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 682 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,150 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,440 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,510 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,360 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 691 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Erwin born?
The states with the most babies named Erwin are New York, California and Illinois, with 37% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 2,148 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| California | 1,879 | #1,531 | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 1,482 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Texas | 1,290 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 1,132 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Wisconsin | 1,122 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 678 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Minnesota | 642 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Ohio | 593 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 422 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Erwin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Erwin is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Erwin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Erwin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Erwin and names like it
- Compare Erwin and BasilBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sErwin peaked in 1922.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Erwin since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Erwin.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Erwin alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.