Edwin

Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504 · #398 for boys in 2025, 798 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1922 · 3,827 births
Debut · boys
309 births
In top 100 · boys
62 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
247,553
since 1880

Edwin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #52, 1922boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#398798
2024#382852
2023#384831
2022#359917
2021#353921
2020#344931
2019#348962
2018#3321,005
2017#3321,034
2016#3171,105
2015#3121,149
2014#2981,189
2013#2821,235
2012#2701,308
2011#2351,524
2010#2091,703
2009#1921,980
2008#17,5045#1752,263
2007#1712,398
2006#13,6067#1582,672
2005#16,4625#1782,307
2004#9,26411#1732,354
2003#11,3258#1802,171
2002#10,2469#1792,147
2001#15,3525#1861,987
2000#10,7458#1951,802
1999#12,6886#2041,678
1998#1961,703
1997#9,8028#1981,605
1996#6,72313#1961,586
1995#10,5147#1871,685
1994#8,12210#1751,801
1993#4,82620#1761,823
1992#5,05119#1771,808
1991#5,94915#1631,968
1990#5,83515#1701,817
1989#5,54515#1711,761
1988#4,84017#1821,553
1987#5,31214#1911,406
1986#5,18814#1901,345
1985#9,3076#1891,329
1984#8,1537#1841,347
1983#4,28617#1981,193
1982#6,37110#1891,340
1981#7,4098#1871,334
1980#6,7899#1881,295
1979#10,2105#1861,284
1978#4,07917#1941,230
1977#8,4446#1801,283
1976#9,2845#1881,183
1975#6,4848#1831,240
1974#5,36010#1921,167
1973#6,6667#1771,320
1972#4,09114#1771,397
1971#3,50818#1761,525
1970#4,24613#1671,725
1969#3,77414#1611,777
1968#3,05718#1601,685
1967#3,48414#1611,666
1966#3,04017#1521,873
1965#3,95211#1571,907
1964#3,51514#1532,168
1963#4,01911#1482,234
1962#3,03317#1432,407
1961#3,31815#1452,447
1960#2,90418#1402,471
1959#4,6258#1372,580
1958#3,92510#1372,601
1957#3,69611#1342,714
1956#4,1619#1242,771
1955#3,77810#1242,666
1954#3,15713#1292,551
1953#2,81215#1232,644
1952#4,1238#1182,631
1951#4,0118#1192,569
1950#5,3015#1172,486
1949#1232,374
1948#5,2435#1162,434
1947#4,3457#1142,590
1946#1122,380
1945#3,3888#1171,948
1944#3,3788#1062,238
1943#4,1966#1072,388
1942#3,1949#1052,295
1941#3,0309#972,214
1940#3,8636#962,116
1939#3,1458#962,063
1938#4,3425#902,250
1937#3,8006#892,262
1936#2,8579#842,271
1935#2,9269#892,258
1934#2,42412#802,347
1933#2,05215#772,328
1932#2,23514#722,568
1931#2,10515#672,704
1930#1,60724#662,972
1929#1,48727#662,897
1928#1,58926#583,166
1927#1,36235#573,390
1926#2,07618#553,491
1925#1,84722#573,560
1924#1,53330#553,788
1923#1,78223#563,652
1922#1,83622#523,827
1921#3,16410#543,750
1920#2,35715#533,734
1919#1,98918#523,450
1918#2,67412#553,487
1917#1,92318#553,346
1916#2,49812#533,299
1915#1,96416#533,151
1914#3,6185#532,386
1913#1,88311#551,825
1912#1,42115#541,518
1911#2,1916#60699
1910#2,3985#70536
1909#62492
1908#64477
1907#62468
1906#65390
1905#70357
1904#1,8775#64388
1903#1,5926#62347
1902#56393
1901#65299
1900#1,9325#74350
1899#1,2787#59329
1898#57391
1897#1,5555#53380
1896#59351
1895#60346
1894#1,4855#58366
1893#58354
1892#63338
1891#57327
1890#63323
1889#66306
1888#69298
1887#57310
1886#59313
1885#63289
1884#61308
1883#57299
1882#59305
1881#59274
1880#56309
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Edwin was already there! It came in at #56, and was given to 309 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1906, when fewer than 400 boys a year got the name.

See more about Edwin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#382#398)
  • 54 spots since 2020 (#344#398)
  • 86 spots since 2015 (#312#398)
  • Biggest jump: 20 spots in 2006 (#178#158)
  • Biggest drop: 35 spots in 2012 (#235#270)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1922 at #52 (3,827 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 43 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 62 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 62 yrs · run 1880–1941
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 269
  • Highest: 1 in 269 boys born in 1915 were named Edwin (0.37%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,140 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
  • Its best rank, #52 in 1922, was only 1 in 284 (0.35%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.2% of all boys named Edwin (35,255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,011#56 (1880)#61
1890s3,505#53 (1897)#59
1900s3,961#56 (1902)#64
1910s23,697#52 (1919)#56
1920s35,255#52 (1922)#56
1930s24,023#66 (1930)#81
1940s22,977#96 (1940)#109
1950s26,213#117 (1950)#126
1960s20,635#140 (1960)#152
1970s13,354#167 (1970)#182
1980s13,903#171 (1989)#187
1990s17,474#163 (1991)#184
2000s22,081#158 (2006)#179
2010s12,214#209 (2010)#294
2020s5,250#344 (2020)#370

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Edwin in 1932

girls
#2,235
14 births · 1 in 76,225 girls
boys
#72
2,568 births · 1 in 407 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #2,235Edwin14

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #72Edwin2,568
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 76,225 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 56.2% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edwin
  1. #2,130Versa15
  2. #2,130Yaeko15
  3. #2,130Zina15
  4. #2,235Edwin14
  5. #2,235Adrian14
  6. #2,235Aldona14
  7. #2,235Alexandria14
  8. #2,365Agustina13
  9. #2,365Aiko13
  10. #2,365Albertina13

Tied with 129 names at #2,235; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 407 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 98.3% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edwin
  1. #69Andrew2,645
  2. #70Philip2,625
  3. #71Lloyd2,590
  4. #72Edwin2,568
  5. #73Frederick2,501
  6. #74Leo2,500
  7. #75Jimmie2,475
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1932