How rare is the name Erwin?

12,624 people in the United States have the first name Erwin, about 1 in 23,925. It ranks #2,124 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ERWIN

#2,124

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,624
About
1 in 23,925
This common or more
78.6%
Who bears it

Of the 12,624 people named Erwin, 37.1% reported their origin as White, 30.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 18.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Erwin peaked in 1922, when 513 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1922
Births that year
513
In 2025*
57 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 21,262 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Erwin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #526. The largest share of babies named Erwin, 35.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#813217
1890s#706404
1900s#703569
1910s#5263,364
1920s#5804,502
1930s#7382,622
1940s#1,0561,673
1950s#1,2531,766
1960s#1,4701,452
1970s#2,068913
1980s#2,186995
1990s#2,866899
2000s#3,460947
2010s#4,858619
2020s#5,392320
Before 19013.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2735.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4520.9%
Baby boom 1946–6415.2%
Generation X 1965–807.7%
Millennials 1981–967.5%
Generation Z 1997–126.5%
2013 and later3.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Erwin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Erwin has been most common in Wisconsin (3.7×), North Dakota (3.7×), and South Dakota (3.6×), and least common in Tennessee (0.12×).

14,943 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Erwin

#2,122 Garret · 12,629#2,123 Bette · 12,626#2,125 Alia · 12,618#2,126 Harlan · 12,600

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Erwin, most common first.

#170 Erin · 301,437#11,562 Errin · 1,103

Also a last name

As a last name, Erwin ranks #1,599 of 156,621, with 21,816 people. See Erwin as a last name

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