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Erina

Meaning Erina is a feminine Japanese given name Gender Girl Rank 2025 #4,587 Trend ↑ Rising 30%

Erina is a feminine Japanese given name.

Rank 2025
#4,587
among girls · ↑611 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
30
named Erina · +20% vs 2024
How common
1 in 53,576
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2022
37 babies
All-time total
1,040
#7,305 all-time among girls
First recorded
1957
in Social Security records

Erina popularity over time

1,040 babies have been named Erina since 1957, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.010.010.020.0318801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2022Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s 5 1 – #6,352
1960s 19 2 +280% #5,595
1970s 125 13 +558% #3,207
1980s 149 15 +19% #3,780
1990s 177 18 +19% #4,490
2000s 149 15 -16% #5,647
2010s 258 26 +73% #4,458
2020s (to 2025) 158 26 +2% #3,992

Where Erina is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 31 0.02 outside top 500
2027 33 0.02 outside top 500
2028 34 0.02 outside top 500
2029 35 0.02 outside top 500
2030 35 0.02 outside top 500

The story of Erina

Erina is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #4,587 in 2025 with 30 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1957, 1,040 American babies have been named Erina. Its peak came in 2022, when 37 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Erina stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Erina?

The median living Erina is about 22 years old; half are between 9 and 37. An estimated 1,000 people named Erina are alive in the United States today.

median 22 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Erina year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 30 #4,587
2024 25 #5,198
2023 22 #5,609
2022 37 #3,992
2021 26 #5,003
2020 18 #6,420
2019 23 #5,489
2018 21 #5,850
2017 23 #5,562
2016 32 #4,458
2015 21 #6,101
2014 32 #4,492
2013 21 #6,095
2012 30 #4,750
2011 29 #4,841
2010 26 #5,297
2009 19 #6,894
2008 16 #7,858
2007 15 #8,221
2006 15 #7,990
2005 18 #6,628
2004 – –
2003 17 #6,691
2002 15 #7,172
2001 20 #5,647
2000 14 #7,283
1995 13 #6,771
1990 18 #5,119
1985 9 #7,130
1980 12 #5,627
1975 5 #9,497
1970 19 #3,339
1965 – –
1960 – –
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Erina

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Erina Mano Japanese singer and actress (born 1991) Contemporary
  2. 2 Erina Ikuta Erina Ikuta Japanese pop singer (born 1997) Contemporary
  3. 3 Erina Yamane Erina Yamane Japanese footballer (born 1990) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Erina, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Erina?

The median living Erina is about 22 years old. Half of all living Erinas are between 9 and 37 years old.

How many people named Erina are alive today?

An estimated 1,000 people named Erina are alive in the United States, based on 1,040 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Erina mean?

Erina is a feminine Japanese given name.

How popular is the name Erina in 2025?

Erina ranked #4,587 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 30 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Erina?

1,040 babies have been named Erina in the United States since 1957, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Erina most popular?

Erina peaked in 2022, when 37 newborns received the name.

Is Erina a boy or girl name?

Erina is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Erina rising or falling?

Erina has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Erina become more popular?

Erina is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 35 girls named Erina in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Erina?

Well-known people named Erina include Erina Mano (singer), Erina Ikuta (model), Erina Yamane (soccer player).

Names like Erina

Names that sound and feel close to Erina: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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