Erina
Feminine · “depends on the characters”
Erina is a Japanese name written with chosen characters, and separately an -a ending added to Erin.
How old is the name Erina?
Erina first appears in US birth records in 1957 — 68 years ago. The typical Erina alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 1,000 people named Erina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Erina most popular?
Erina peaked in 1972, reaching #3177 nationally. Today it ranks #4546, 1,369 places below that high. See the whole 1972 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Erina
Ours, offered as ours. Japanese naming works on a principle almost no European language has: the sound and the meaning are chosen separately. Parents pick how the name will sound, then pick kanji that produce that sound and mean what they want it to mean. Two girls called Erina may have entirely different names on paper. The written form carries the meaning and the spoken form carries none, which is the reverse of English.
Meaningscholars disagree
depends on the characters; or Ireland
Japanese Erina is written with kanji selected by the family — combinations for a blessing, a pear tree, a color and a vegetable are all attested — so the meaning is chosen rather than inherited. The English Erina extends Erin, from Irish Éirinn.
Pronouncing Erina
eh-REE-nah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. English speakers say uh-REE-nuh.
Nicknames for Erina
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1957
- Most girls named
- 201432 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3177reached in 1972
- Change vs 2024
- +20.0%30 in 2025, from 25
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Erina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- えりな in Japanese — transliteration
- Erin in English — related form
- Erina in Italian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, New York, California.
Erinas among us
people named Erina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 53,576 born in 2025 was named Erina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Starlyn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Erina's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Starlyn climbed just as high around 1949, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Starlyn's path sketches the road Erina is walking now.
Erina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Erina is headed
Erina should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Erina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Erina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Eri and Rina are both established short forms with records of their own.
- Every vowel is sounded, so it reads correctly in most languages.
- Five letters and three syllables, quick to write.
- The two source traditions are entirely unrelated.
- It is close to Erin, Irina and Arena in an American ear.
- The Japanese meaning depends on characters that English cannot carry.
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Feminine · #4546 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Erinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Erina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Erina in 2025?
- Erina ranks #4546 among US girl names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Erina?
- About 1 in every 53,576 US girls born in 2025 was named Erina — 30 in all.
- Will my child share the name Erina with classmates?
- Erina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Erina
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Amie#4546 · Rashell#4546 · Renatta#4546 · Raisa#4546 · Amena#4546 · Aryn#4546 · Nadiya#4546 · Jeanne#4546
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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