Erwin
Erwin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 57 births. Its best rank was 216th, in 1901.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 570.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1918512 births
- Best rank
- #216in 1901
- Since 1880
- 21,153people given the name
The story in the numbers
21,153 boys have been named Erwin in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 512 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 111 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Erwin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 217 | |
| 1890s | 404 | |
| 1900s | 569 | |
| 1910s | 3,350 | |
| 1920s | 4,480 | |
| 1930s | 2,622 | |
| 1940s | 1,673 | |
| 1950s | 1,758 | |
| 1960s | 1,451 | |
| 1970s | 913 | |
| 1980s | 989 | |
| 1990s | 899 | |
| 2000s | 947 | |
| 2010s | 618 | |
| 2020s | 263 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Erwin was the 233rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1918 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Erwin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Basilpeak 1924
- Wilfredpeak 1920
- Virgilpeak 1921
- Lesterpeak 1918
- Hubertpeak 1924
- Herschelpeak 1921
- Edmundpeak 1923
- Ottispeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.