Aerin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AIR-in
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Aerin is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “Ireland”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Aerin mean?
Irish: variant of Erin
“Ireland”
Aerin is the dragon-slaying heroine of Robin McKinley's fantasy novel The Hero and the Crown.
Is Aerin a girl's or a boy's name?
Aerin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aerin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Aerin, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aerin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 62 girls in the UK were given Aerin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #621, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Aerin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Aerin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Aerin, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Aerin than any year since 1993.
Half of all the girls named Aerin in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 118 girls in the US were given Aerin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,509, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Aerin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 54 | #3,119 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
Names like Aerin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aoibheann Aoife Eden Keira Caoimhe Quinn Rowan Teagan Cassidy Raegan Kiara Orla
Other spellings of Aerin
Names related to Aerin
More Irish names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aerin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aerin, updated 20 October 2026.