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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #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 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #105 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 446 boysAKMaine: #169 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,364 boysMEVermont: #95 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 491 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Edwin, so not publishedNHWashington: #148 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 880 boysWAIdaho: #134 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 601 boysIDMontana: #209 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,283 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Edwin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #214 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,578 boysMNIllinois: #161 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 1,162 boysILWisconsin: #151 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,317 boysWIMichigan: #144 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 1,047 boysMINew York: #49 for boys · 627 births · 1 in 286 boysNYMassachusetts: #136 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 1,366 boysMARhode Island: #132 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,284 boysRIOregon: #163 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,034 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Edwin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Edwin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #206 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,551 boysSDIowa: #152 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,164 boysIAIndiana: #168 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 1,232 boysINOhio: #164 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 1,268 boysOHPennsylvania: #120 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 798 boysPANew Jersey: #73 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 457 boysNJConnecticut: #110 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 806 boysCTCalifornia: #201 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 1,286 boysCAUtah: #251 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,738 boysUTColorado: #230 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,832 boysCONebraska: #172 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,243 boysNEMissouri: #165 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 1,052 boysMOKentucky: #161 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,113 boysKYWest Virginia: #146 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 990 boysWVVirginia: #148 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 833 boysVAMaryland: #165 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,094 boysMDDelaware: #136 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 870 boysDEArizona: #199 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,059 boysAZNew Mexico: #184 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 950 boysNMKansas: #171 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,067 boysKSArkansas: #209 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,304 boysARTennessee: #189 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,272 boysTNNorth Carolina: #153 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 896 boysNCSouth Carolina: #205 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,291 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #139 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 742 boysDCOklahoma: #171 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 981 boysOKLouisiana: #172 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 842 boysLAMississippi: #180 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 965 boysMSAlabama: #189 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,135 boysALGeorgia: #157 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 811 boysGAHawaii: #90 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 356 boysHITexas: #202 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 1,068 boysTXFlorida: #160 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 916 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#49 · 1 in 286
  2. New Jersey#73 · 1 in 457
  3. Hawaii#90 · 1 in 356
  4. Vermont#95 · 1 in 491
  5. Alaska#105 · 1 in 446

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#496271 in 286
New Jersey#731381 in 457
Hawaii#90211 in 356
Vermont#9581 in 491
Alaska#10571 in 446
Connecticut#110331 in 806
Pennsylvania#1201481 in 798
Rhode Island#13271 in 1,284
Idaho#134121 in 601
Delaware#13661 in 870
Massachusetts#136421 in 1,366
District of Columbia#139201 in 742
Michigan#144891 in 1,047
West Virginia#146191 in 990
Virginia#148521 in 833
Washington#148351 in 880
Wisconsin#151361 in 1,317
Iowa#152261 in 1,164
North Carolina#153591 in 896
Georgia#157591 in 811
Florida#160601 in 916
Illinois#161981 in 1,162
Kentucky#161311 in 1,113
Oregon#163171 in 1,034
Ohio#164881 in 1,268
Maryland#165301 in 1,094
Missouri#165461 in 1,052
Indiana#168441 in 1,232
Maine#16981 in 1,364
Kansas#171211 in 1,067
Oklahoma#171241 in 981
Louisiana#172491 in 842
Nebraska#172131 in 1,243
Mississippi#180281 in 965
New Mexico#184141 in 950
Alabama#189331 in 1,135
Tennessee#189311 in 1,272
Arizona#199161 in 1,059
California#2011471 in 1,286
Texas#2021121 in 1,068
South Carolina#205221 in 1,291
South Dakota#20651 in 1,551
Arkansas#209151 in 1,304
Montana#20961 in 1,283
Minnesota#214161 in 2,578
Colorado#230121 in 1,832
Utah#25171 in 1,738
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Wyoming

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 1961

girls
#3,318
15 births · 1 in 134,566 girls
boys
#145
2,447 births · 1 in 868 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #3,318Edwin15

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #145Edwin2,447
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 134,566 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 55.9% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edwin
  1. #3,189Veronique16
  2. #3,189Wynee16
  3. #3,189Yvonnie16
  4. #3,318Edwin15
  5. #3,318Adair15
  6. #3,318Adena15
  7. #3,318Alysia15
  8. #3,460Adel14
  9. #3,460Aleshia14
  10. #3,460Andrena14

Tied with 141 names at #3,318; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 997Corinna#1,811#814
  2. 789Sabra#1,637#848
  3. 745Velvet#1,286#541
  4. 601Johnna#1,043#442
  5. 600Damita#1,597#997
Fallers
  1. 317Sheena#980#1,297
  2. 253Lita#909#1,162
  3. 241Jannette#970#1,211
  4. 229Francisca#939#1,168
  5. 214Andra#822#1,036

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

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 868 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 96.9% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edwin
  1. #142Brad2,501
  2. #143Shawn2,488
  3. #144Reginald2,469
  4. #145Edwin2,447
  5. #146Benjamin2,388
  6. #147Kent2,374
  7. #148Francis2,345
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 3,171Parrish#4,038#867
  2. 589Brook#1,252#663
  3. 467Osvaldo#1,434#967
  4. 426Shayne#1,152#726
  5. 367Pernell#1,295#928
Fallers
  1. 425Wayde#672#1,097
  2. 380Yancy#923#1,303
  3. 301Jonas#905#1,206
  4. 264Tobin#833#1,097
  5. 253Keenan#748#1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961