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Eryn

Gender
Girl
Say it
ERR-in
Origin
Irish
UK rank, 2025
#1,186 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,458 for girls

Eryn is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “Ireland”. In 2025 it ranked 1,186th for girls in the UK (29 babies) and 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).

What does Eryn mean?

Irish: spelling of Erin

“Ireland”

Variant spelling of Erin, from the Irish name for Ireland.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Eryn a girl's or a boy's name?

Eryn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the UK and 44 girls and 8 boys in the US.

How popular is Eryn in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,186among girls
Babies in 2025
29about 1 in 9,600 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 41% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were named Eryn, making it the 1,186th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 762nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 117 girls.

Half of all the girls named Eryn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 758 girls in the UK were given Eryn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #77, up from #1,186 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,133rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 117 in 20142025
Eryn in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202529#1,186
202429#1,208
202348#813
202252#757
202146#846
202053#762
201965#651
201861#714
201767#673
201683#558
201597#491
2014117#420
201371#631
201294#510
201177#581
201080#554
200985#514
2008100#461
200794#470
200667#581
200578#502
200462#560
200350#632
200254#596
200155#571
200047#628
199931#803
199830#837
199725#940
199621#1,024

How popular is Eryn in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,458among girls
Babies in 2025
44about 1 in 37,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 42% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Eryn, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,100th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 257 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957. 8 boys were also named Eryn in 2025 (8,906th for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Eryn than any year since 1973.

Half of all the girls named Eryn in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 390 girls in the US were given Eryn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #718, up from #3,458 for this spelling alone.

1957Busiest: 257 in 20002025
Eryn in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202544#3,458
202459#2,819
202364#2,704
202261#2,792
202188#2,131
202087#2,100
201984#2,193
2018116#1,762
2017109#1,863
2016116#1,785
2015123#1,711
2014134#1,602
2013131#1,634
2012100#1,955
2011171#1,348
2010157#1,443
2009143#1,572
2008158#1,479
2007201#1,233
2006171#1,353
2005184#1,237
2004222#1,043
2003230#1,002
2002212#1,021
2001248#910
2000257#854
1999215#958
1998226#922
1997235#868
1996196#972
1995231#844
1994180#1,026
1993200#942
1992174#1,051
1991174#1,047
1990192#969
1989149#1,108
1988145#1,084
1987124#1,179
1986124#1,150
1985103#1,297
198482#1,414
1983105#1,212
1982117#1,171
1981106#1,227
198080#1,494
197992#1,338
197873#1,523
197775#1,468
197668#1,514
197559#1,640
197446#1,881
197332#2,349
197221#3,062
197124#2,874
197021#3,110
196918#3,198
196819#2,969
19677#5,456
19665#6,563
19656#5,816
19640–
19630–
19620–
19618#4,881
19600–
19596#5,565
19580–
19577#4,917

Names like Eryn

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Eryn

Names related to Eryn

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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, “Eryn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eryn, updated 20 October 2026.