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
- Peak · boys
- 1922 · 3,827 births
- Debut · boys
- 309 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 62 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 247,553since 1880
Edwin over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #398 | 798 | |
| 2024 | — | #382 | 852 | |
| 2023 | — | #384 | 831 | |
| 2022 | — | #359 | 917 | |
| 2021 | — | #353 | 921 | |
| 2020 | — | #344 | 931 | |
| 2019 | — | #348 | 962 | |
| 2018 | — | #332 | 1,005 | |
| 2017 | — | #332 | 1,034 | |
| 2016 | — | #317 | 1,105 | |
| 2015 | — | #312 | 1,149 | |
| 2014 | — | #298 | 1,189 | |
| 2013 | — | #282 | 1,235 | |
| 2012 | — | #270 | 1,308 | |
| 2011 | — | #235 | 1,524 | |
| 2010 | — | #209 | 1,703 | |
| 2009 | — | #192 | 1,980 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #175 | 2,263 |
| 2007 | — | #171 | 2,398 | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #158 | 2,672 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #178 | 2,307 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #173 | 2,354 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #180 | 2,171 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #179 | 2,147 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #186 | 1,987 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #195 | 1,802 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #204 | 1,678 |
| 1998 | — | #196 | 1,703 | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #198 | 1,605 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #196 | 1,586 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #187 | 1,685 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #175 | 1,801 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | #176 | 1,823 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #177 | 1,808 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #163 | 1,968 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | #170 | 1,817 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #171 | 1,761 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | #182 | 1,553 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #191 | 1,406 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #190 | 1,345 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #189 | 1,329 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #184 | 1,347 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #198 | 1,193 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #189 | 1,340 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #187 | 1,334 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #188 | 1,295 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #186 | 1,284 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | #194 | 1,230 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #180 | 1,283 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #188 | 1,183 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #183 | 1,240 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #192 | 1,167 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #177 | 1,320 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #177 | 1,397 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | #176 | 1,525 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #167 | 1,725 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | #161 | 1,777 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | #160 | 1,685 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | #161 | 1,666 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | #152 | 1,873 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #157 | 1,907 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | #153 | 2,168 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #148 | 2,234 |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 | #143 | 2,407 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | #145 | 2,447 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 | #140 | 2,471 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #137 | 2,580 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #137 | 2,601 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #134 | 2,714 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #124 | 2,771 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #124 | 2,666 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | #129 | 2,551 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | #123 | 2,644 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #118 | 2,631 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #119 | 2,569 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #117 | 2,486 |
| 1949 | — | #123 | 2,374 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #116 | 2,434 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #114 | 2,590 |
| 1946 | — | #112 | 2,380 | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #117 | 1,948 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #106 | 2,238 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #107 | 2,388 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #105 | 2,295 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #97 | 2,214 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #96 | 2,116 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #96 | 2,063 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #90 | 2,250 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #89 | 2,262 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #84 | 2,271 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #89 | 2,258 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #80 | 2,347 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | #77 | 2,328 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #72 | 2,568 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #67 | 2,704 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 | #66 | 2,972 |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 | #66 | 2,897 |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 | #58 | 3,166 |
| 1927 | #1,362 | 35 | #57 | 3,390 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | #55 | 3,491 |
| 1925 | #1,847 | 22 | #57 | 3,560 |
| 1924 | #1,533 | 30 | #55 | 3,788 |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 | #56 | 3,652 |
| 1922 | #1,836 | 22 | #52 | 3,827 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #54 | 3,750 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | #53 | 3,734 |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | #52 | 3,450 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | #55 | 3,487 |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 | #55 | 3,346 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #53 | 3,299 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 | #53 | 3,151 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #53 | 2,386 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #55 | 1,825 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | #54 | 1,518 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #60 | 699 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #70 | 536 |
| 1909 | — | #62 | 492 | |
| 1908 | — | #64 | 477 | |
| 1907 | — | #62 | 468 | |
| 1906 | — | #65 | 390 | |
| 1905 | — | #70 | 357 | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | #64 | 388 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #62 | 347 |
| 1902 | — | #56 | 393 | |
| 1901 | — | #65 | 299 | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #74 | 350 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | #59 | 329 |
| 1898 | — | #57 | 391 | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #53 | 380 |
| 1896 | — | #59 | 351 | |
| 1895 | — | #60 | 346 | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | #58 | 366 |
| 1893 | — | #58 | 354 | |
| 1892 | — | #63 | 338 | |
| 1891 | — | #57 | 327 | |
| 1890 | — | #63 | 323 | |
| 1889 | — | #66 | 306 | |
| 1888 | — | #69 | 298 | |
| 1887 | — | #57 | 310 | |
| 1886 | — | #59 | 313 | |
| 1885 | — | #63 | 289 | |
| 1884 | — | #61 | 308 | |
| 1883 | — | #57 | 299 | |
| 1882 | — | #59 | 305 | |
| 1881 | — | #59 | 274 | |
| 1880 | — | #56 | 309 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1922 at #52 (3,827 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 43 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 62 yrs · run 1880–1941
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 14.2% of all boys named Edwin (35,255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,011 | #56 (1880) | #61 |
| 1890s | 3,505 | #53 (1897) | #59 |
| 1900s | 3,961 | #56 (1902) | #64 |
| 1910s | 23,697 | #52 (1919) | #56 |
| 1920s | 35,255 | #52 (1922) | #56 |
| 1930s | 24,023 | #66 (1930) | #81 |
| 1940s | 22,977 | #96 (1940) | #109 |
| 1950s | 26,213 | #117 (1950) | #126 |
| 1960s | 20,635 | #140 (1960) | #152 |
| 1970s | 13,354 | #167 (1970) | #182 |
| 1980s | 13,903 | #171 (1989) | #187 |
| 1990s | 17,474 | #163 (1991) | #184 |
| 2000s | 22,081 | #158 (2006) | #179 |
| 2010s | 12,214 | #209 (2010) | #294 |
| 2020s | 5,250 | #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 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 295,637 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 25.1% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,385Zosia7
- #11,385Zujey7
- #11,385Zuzanna7
- #12,688Edwin6
- #12,688Aalia6
- #12,688Aaliyan6
- #12,688Aaniya6
- #14,411Aalijah5
- #14,411Aania5
- #14,411Aanya5
Tied with 1,722 names at #12,688; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 1,144 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 98.2% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.