Meaning not yet researched.
Erwin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 57 in 2025. Its best rank was #216 in 1901.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #216 in 1901; #2,402 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Erwin in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,402 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1901, at #216.
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Erwin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 57 boys in 2025. Peak: #216 in 1901 · most boys in one year: 512 (1918).
In 2025, 57 US boys were named Erwin, making it the 2,402nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 27 places from #2,429 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 57 boys named Erwin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #216, reached in 1901. The most boys given the name in a single year was 512, in 1918. For comparison, it was #2,576 in 2015 and #573 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Erwin in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 16 babies with the name. In all, 21,262 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 4,502 babies named Erwin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 520 US boys were named Erwin; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 57. In 2025 that was about 1 in 29,966 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Erwin ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #817 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ervin (39,129 babies since 1880) and Irwin (15,958 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Erwan are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Irwin.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Erwan (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 5 | #817 | — |
| California | 11 | #1,531 | #1,272 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 57 | #2,402 |
| 2024 | — | — | 57 | #2,429 |
| 2023 | — | — | 54 | #2,489 |
| 2022 | — | — | 51 | #2,624 |
| 2021 | — | — | 48 | #2,664 |
| 2020 | — | — | 53 | #2,445 |
| 2019 | — | — | 51 | #2,562 |
| 2018 | — | — | 50 | #2,557 |
| 2017 | — | — | 46 | #2,689 |
| 2016 | — | — | 53 | #2,420 |
| 2015 | — | — | 48 | #2,576 |
| 2014 | — | — | 66 | #2,102 |
| 2013 | — | — | 62 | #2,146 |
| 2012 | — | — | 71 | #1,993 |
| 2011 | — | — | 81 | #1,784 |
| 2010 | — | — | 91 | #1,689 |
| 2009 | — | — | 94 | #1,672 |
| 2008 | — | — | 80 | #1,831 |
| 2007 | — | — | 106 | #1,498 |
| 2006 | — | — | 93 | #1,577 |
| 2005 | — | — | 109 | #1,375 |
| 2004 | — | — | 101 | #1,407 |
| 2003 | — | — | 94 | #1,413 |
| 2002 | — | — | 98 | #1,348 |
| 2001 | — | — | 80 | #1,514 |
| 2000 | — | — | 92 | #1,374 |
| 1999 | — | — | 76 | #1,496 |
| 1998 | — | — | 55 | #1,818 |
| 1997 | — | — | 66 | #1,557 |
| 1996 | — | — | 80 | #1,348 |
| 1995 | — | — | 79 | #1,321 |
| 1994 | — | — | 95 | #1,172 |
| 1993 | — | — | 111 | #1,051 |
| 1992 | — | — | 123 | #976 |
| 1991 | — | — | 126 | #949 |
| 1990 | — | — | 88 | #1,158 |
| 1989 | — | — | 112 | #964 |
| 1988 | — | — | 86 | #1,074 |
| 1987 | — | — | 103 | #932 |
| 1986 | — | — | 103 | #897 |
| 1985 | — | — | 96 | #929 |
| 1984 | — | — | 89 | #934 |
| 1983 | — | — | 87 | #947 |
| 1982 | — | — | 88 | #959 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,446 | 114 | #824 |
| 1980 | — | — | 111 | #836 |
| 1979 | — | — | 84 | #967 |
| 1978 | — | — | 87 | #930 |
| 1977 | — | — | 92 | #885 |
| 1976 | — | — | 76 | #958 |
| 1975 | — | — | 79 | #923 |
| 1974 | — | — | 80 | #905 |
| 1973 | — | — | 91 | #835 |
| 1972 | — | — | 107 | #772 |
| 1971 | — | — | 109 | #779 |
| 1970 | — | — | 108 | #791 |
| 1969 | — | — | 121 | #710 |
| 1968 | — | — | 91 | #777 |
| 1967 | — | — | 136 | #639 |
| 1966 | — | — | 130 | #649 |
| 1965 | — | — | 137 | #640 |
| 1964 | — | — | 171 | #602 |
| 1963 | — | — | 156 | #625 |
| 1962 | — | — | 156 | #621 |
| 1961 | — | — | 164 | #622 |
| 1960 | — | — | 190 | #566 |
| 1959 | — | — | 187 | #571 |
| 1958 | — | — | 194 | #554 |
| 1957 | — | — | 219 | #519 |
| 1956 | — | — | 194 | #539 |
| 1955 | — | — | 175 | #555 |
| 1954 | — | — | 177 | #550 |
| 1953 | — | — | 156 | #572 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,613 | 155 | #563 |
| 1951 | — | — | 161 | #535 |
| 1950 | — | — | 141 | #573 |
| 1949 | — | — | 145 | #561 |
| 1948 | — | — | 187 | #486 |
| 1947 | — | — | 137 | #578 |
| 1946 | — | — | 167 | #499 |
| 1945 | — | — | 151 | #491 |
| 1944 | — | — | 158 | #481 |
| 1943 | — | — | 212 | #427 |
| 1942 | — | — | 196 | #442 |
| 1941 | — | — | 136 | #501 |
| 1940 | — | — | 184 | #430 |
| 1939 | — | — | 157 | #458 |
| 1938 | — | — | 212 | #390 |
| 1937 | — | — | 197 | #396 |
| 1936 | — | — | 248 | #346 |
| 1935 | — | — | 249 | #350 |
| 1934 | — | — | 285 | #322 |
| 1933 | — | — | 262 | #332 |
| 1932 | — | — | 308 | #311 |
| 1931 | — | — | 334 | #304 |
| 1930 | — | — | 370 | #298 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,231 | 378 | #286 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,352 | 394 | #283 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,035 | 410 | #280 |
| 1926 | — | — | 462 | #266 |
| 1925 | — | — | 429 | #275 |
| 1924 | — | — | 501 | #257 |
| 1923 | — | — | 444 | #267 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,251 | 508 | #249 |
| 1921 | — | — | 494 | #253 |
| 1920 | — | — | 460 | #255 |
| 1919 | — | — | 443 | #251 |
| 1918 | — | — | 512 | #233 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,450 | 479 | #228 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,079 | 484 | #222 |
| 1915 | — | — | 423 | #235 |
| 1914 | — | — | 360 | #222 |
| 1913 | — | — | 275 | #228 |
| 1912 | — | — | 210 | #243 |
| 1911 | — | — | 92 | #271 |
| 1910 | — | — | 72 | #290 |
| 1909 | — | — | 76 | #254 |
| 1908 | — | — | 59 | #283 |
| 1907 | — | — | 47 | #310 |
| 1906 | — | — | 65 | #244 |
| 1905 | — | — | 58 | #261 |
| 1904 | — | — | 52 | #266 |
| 1903 | — | — | 57 | #244 |
| 1902 | — | — | 49 | #270 |
| 1901 | — | — | 63 | #216 |
| 1900 | — | — | 43 | #326 |
| 1899 | — | — | 46 | #247 |
| 1898 | — | — | 48 | #259 |
| 1897 | — | — | 46 | #260 |
| 1896 | — | — | 50 | #257 |
| 1895 | — | — | 46 | #262 |
| 1894 | — | — | 35 | #297 |
| 1893 | — | — | 33 | #302 |
| 1892 | — | — | 32 | #332 |
| 1891 | — | — | 33 | #285 |
| 1890 | — | — | 35 | #291 |
| 1889 | — | — | 29 | #327 |
| 1888 | — | — | 28 | #349 |
| 1887 | — | — | 24 | #334 |
| 1886 | — | — | 22 | #372 |
| 1885 | — | — | 26 | #334 |
| 1884 | — | — | 17 | #455 |
| 1883 | — | — | 26 | #326 |
| 1882 | — | — | 12 | #553 |
| 1881 | — | — | 17 | #422 |
| 1880 | — | — | 16 | #446 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).