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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #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.

Where Edwin is popular in 1942

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Edwin, so not publishedAKMaine: #104 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 583 boysMEVermont: #102 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 571 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Edwin, so not publishedNHWashington: #111 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 604 boysWAIdaho: #103 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 440 boysIDMontana: #93 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 406 boysMTNorth Dakota: #81 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 356 boysNDMinnesota: #87 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 438 boysMNIllinois: #93 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 560 boysILWisconsin: #118 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 870 boysWIMichigan: #92 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 573 boysMINew York: #90 for boys · 206 births · 1 in 572 boysNYMassachusetts: #80 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 660 boysMARhode Island: #88 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 683 boysRIOregon: #106 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 538 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Edwin, so not publishedNVWyoming: #61 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 259 boysWYSouth Dakota: #78 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 368 boysSDIowa: #74 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 401 boysIAIndiana: #121 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 796 boysINOhio: #97 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 599 boysOHPennsylvania: #74 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 461 boysPANew Jersey: #74 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 486 boysNJConnecticut: #77 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 522 boysCTCalifornia: #112 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 670 boysCAUtah: #135 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 697 boysUTColorado: #127 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 665 boysCONebraska: #89 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 412 boysNEMissouri: #87 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 450 boysMOKentucky: #106 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 588 boysKYWest Virginia: #107 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 579 boysWVVirginia: #108 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 591 boysVAMaryland: #68 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 390 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Edwin, so not publishedDEArizona: #214 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,206 boysAZNew Mexico: #232 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,212 boysNMKansas: #152 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 849 boysKSArkansas: #127 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 723 boysARTennessee: #125 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 743 boysTNNorth Carolina: #112 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 621 boysNCSouth Carolina: #162 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,081 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #84 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 483 boysDCOklahoma: #150 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 859 boysOKLouisiana: #101 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 451 boysLAMississippi: #122 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 698 boysMSAlabama: #119 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 726 boysALGeorgia: #134 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 751 boysGAHawaii: #50 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 161 boysHITexas: #114 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 564 boysTXFlorida: #95 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 477 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#50 · 1 in 161
  2. Wyoming#61 · 1 in 259
  3. Maryland#68 · 1 in 390
  4. Iowa#74 · 1 in 401
  5. Pennsylvania#74 · 1 in 461

Best ever in a state: #12 in Idaho, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#50261 in 161
Wyoming#6181 in 259
Maryland#68471 in 390
Iowa#74571 in 401
New Jersey#74771 in 486
Pennsylvania#742021 in 461
Connecticut#77321 in 522
South Dakota#78141 in 368
Massachusetts#80601 in 660
North Dakota#81161 in 356
District of Columbia#84191 in 483
Minnesota#87611 in 438
Missouri#87751 in 450
Rhode Island#8891 in 683
Nebraska#89261 in 412
New York#902061 in 572
Michigan#921011 in 573
Illinois#931321 in 560
Montana#93121 in 406
Florida#95391 in 477
Ohio#971141 in 599
Louisiana#101581 in 451
Vermont#10251 in 571
Idaho#103111 in 440
Maine#104131 in 583
Kentucky#106511 in 588
Oregon#106191 in 538
West Virginia#107361 in 579
Virginia#108501 in 591
Washington#111291 in 604
California#1121091 in 670
North Carolina#112671 in 621
Texas#1141251 in 564
Wisconsin#118341 in 870
Alabama#119451 in 726
Indiana#121431 in 796
Mississippi#122341 in 698
Tennessee#125431 in 743
Arkansas#127291 in 723
Colorado#127161 in 665
Georgia#134471 in 751
Utah#135101 in 697
Oklahoma#150251 in 859
Kansas#152181 in 849
South Carolina#162221 in 1,081
Arizona#21451 in 1,206
New Mexico#23251 in 1,212
Alaska
Delaware
Nevada
New Hampshire

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1942

girls
#3,194
9 births · 1 in 150,080 girls
boys
#105
2,295 births · 1 in 602 boys

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #3,194Edwin9

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #105Edwin2,295
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 150,080 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 40.6% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edwin
  1. #2,986Yvonna10
  2. #2,986Zenith10
  3. #2,986Zoila10
  4. #3,194Edwin9
  5. #3,194Abbey9
  6. #3,194Aldene9
  7. #3,194Allena9
  8. #3,444Adean8
  9. #3,444Adriane8
  10. #3,444Alberteen8

Tied with 249 names at #3,194; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 3,567Michal#4,420#853
  2. 1,885Merrily#2,397#512
  3. 1,081Merrilee#1,954#873
  4. 783Jerrilyn#1,610#827
  5. 760Candace#1,418#658
Fallers
  1. 354Rebekah#924#1,278
  2. 350Leatha#830#1,180
  3. 307Nella#993#1,300
  4. 272Arla#934#1,206
  5. 262Vivien#735#997

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

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 602 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 97.4% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edwin
  1. #102Steve2,376
  2. #103Franklin2,365
  3. #104Jerome2,340
  4. #105Edwin2,295
  5. #106Mike2,293
  6. #107Harvey2,284
  7. #108Timothy2,275
Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 2,993Macarthur#3,505#512
  2. 1,546Mcarthur#1,903#357
  3. 655Collin#1,588#933
  4. 514Delmas#1,254#740
  5. 390Colin#713#323
Fallers
  1. 525Otho#971#1,496
  2. 440Florian#918#1,358
  3. 421Martha#960#1,381
  4. 407Watson#951#1,358
  5. 371Gaylen#987#1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1942