Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Erwin

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Friend of the sea

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Erwin

Pronunciation

e-rwin, er-win

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1918 (rank #233, 512 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2390, 57 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1917 (rank #3344, 8 births); most recent 1981 (rank #9098, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202557–
202457–
202354–
202251–
202148–
202053–
201951–
201850–
201746–
201653–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #3011, 6 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4209, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20254
20244
20235
20224
2021–
2020–
20196
20183
20173
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1942 (rank #154, 67 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1566, 19 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202319
202212
202118
202011
201911
20186
201710
201616
201515
201414

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #718, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1958 (rank #207, 10 births); most recent 1963 (rank #292, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence