Airin
The Story of Airin
As a girl name
Airin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1982, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1997: 6 births, good for #12,070 nationwide. About 35% of every Airin on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Airin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 31 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Airin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2014, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2014: 5 births, good for #12,106 nationwide. Airin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Airin
Airin is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 31 births in the dataset. Airin's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #12,070. Use the chart and map above to compare Airin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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