Erwin

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Erwin first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1972 with 833 babies (rank #25 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Erwin

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Erwin yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

33Destiny numberThe master teacherSelfless guidance and uplift — a heightened 6.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

16,801

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

833

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In Attack on Titan: Erwin Smith — commander of the Survey Corps

Famous people named Erwin

Erwin Schrödingertheoretical physicist · b. 1887
Erwin Rommelgeneral field marshal · b. 1891
Erwin Neherbiophysicist · b. 1944
Erwin Panofskyart critic · b. 1892
Erwin von Witzlebensoldier · b. 1881

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1955	34	#267
1956	47	#227
1957	86	#174
1958	96	#165
1959	151	#117
1960	184	#103
1961	266	#83
1962	368	#71
1963	450	#62
1964	476	#57
1965	545	#48
1966	695	#42
1967	672	#43
1968	726	#40
1969	721	#43
1970	832	#33
1971	778	#32
1972	833	#25
1973	668	#27
1974	567	#34
1975	548	#31
1976	511	#34
1977	470	#40
1978	346	#61
1979	321	#62
1980	323	#63
1981	316	#63
1982	320	#58
1983	336	#58
1984	328	#59
1985	325	#62
1986	326	#63
1987	320	#67
1988	327	#62
1989	347	#57
1990	349	#60
1991	269	#75
1992	244	#88
1993	195	#102
1994	208	#95
1995	141	#142
1996	102	#188
1997	97	#192
1998	101	#194
1999	73	#258
2000	68	#266
2001	50	#333
2002	48	#346
2003	45	#342
2004	36	#396
2005	20	#534
2006	29	#421
2007	23	#482
2008	9	#762
2009	5	#945
2010	8	#781
2011	4	#970
2012	8	#763
2013	4	#989
2014	6	#836