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
#52
1922 · 3,827 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #52, 1922boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 2006

girls
#13,606
7 births · 1 in 271,601 girls
boys
#158
2,672 births · 1 in 769 boys

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #13,606Edwin7

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #158Edwin2,672
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 271,601 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 32.2% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edwin
  1. #12,420Zykiria8
  2. #12,420Zylah8
  3. #12,420Zymirah8
  4. #13,606Edwin7
  5. #13,606Aalaya7
  6. #13,606Aamirah7
  7. #13,606Aamna7
  8. #15,152Aaisha6
  9. #15,152Aalivia6
  10. #15,152Aaliyan6

Tied with 1,545 names at #13,606; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

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

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 769 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 98.9% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edwin
  1. #155Grant2,688
  2. #156Francisco2,687
  3. #157Peyton2,686
  4. #158Edwin2,672
  5. #159Derek2,647
  6. #160Max2,643
  7. #161Andres2,600
Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 792Bode#1,648 → #856
  2. ↑ 790Talen#1,691 → #901
  3. ↑ 677Kingston#1,603 → #926
  4. ↑ 634Imanol#1,619 → #985
  5. ↑ 590Yandel#1,266 → #676
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,208Baby#945 → #3,153
  2. ↓ 609Kanye#892 → #1,501
  3. ↓ 442Amarion#628 → #1,070
  4. ↓ 308Omarion#420 → #728
  5. ↓ 224Johnpaul#739 → #963

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

See the top 100 for 2006 →