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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #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 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Edwin, so not publishedAKMaine: #67 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 281 boysMEVermont: #49 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 166 boysVTNew Hampshire: #76 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 345 boysNHWashington: #37 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 168 boysWAIdaho: #65 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 236 boysIDMontana: #87 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 400 boysMTNorth Dakota: #23 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 97 boysNDMinnesota: #48 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 180 boysMNIllinois: #39 for boys · 298 births · 1 in 179 boysILWisconsin: #38 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 157 boysWIMichigan: #46 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 195 boysMINew York: #55 for boys · 394 births · 1 in 229 boysNYMassachusetts: #56 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 289 boysMARhode Island: #73 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 362 boysRIOregon: #63 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 268 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Edwin, so not publishedNVWyoming: #81 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 322 boysWYSouth Dakota: #45 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 145 boysSDIowa: #54 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 205 boysIAIndiana: #66 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 314 boysINOhio: #48 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 245 boysOHPennsylvania: #56 for boys · 311 births · 1 in 273 boysPANew Jersey: #52 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 249 boysNJConnecticut: #58 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 271 boysCTCalifornia: #49 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 250 boysCAUtah: #72 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 275 boysUTColorado: #61 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 264 boysCONebraska: #44 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 159 boysNEMissouri: #59 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 281 boysMOKentucky: #37 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 182 boysKYWest Virginia: #88 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 475 boysWVVirginia: #65 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 342 boysVAMaryland: #67 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 369 boysMDDelaware: #54 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 251 boysDEArizona: #83 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 332 boysAZNew Mexico: #165 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 734 boysNMKansas: #56 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 211 boysKSArkansas: #148 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 761 boysARTennessee: #87 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 480 boysTNNorth Carolina: #83 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 456 boysNCSouth Carolina: #111 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 643 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #47 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 213 boysDCOklahoma: #102 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 483 boysOKLouisiana: #60 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 263 boysLAMississippi: #127 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 664 boysMSAlabama: #130 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 731 boysALGeorgia: #86 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 451 boysGAHawaii: #107 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 372 boysHITexas: #55 for boys · 185 births · 1 in 275 boysTXFlorida: #78 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 386 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#23 · 1 in 97
  2. Washington#37 · 1 in 168
  3. Kentucky#37 · 1 in 182
  4. Wisconsin#38 · 1 in 157
  5. Illinois#39 · 1 in 179

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#23681 in 97
Kentucky#371371 in 182
Washington#37581 in 168
Wisconsin#381441 in 157
Illinois#392981 in 179
Nebraska#44751 in 159
South Dakota#45431 in 145
Michigan#461731 in 195
District of Columbia#47141 in 213
Minnesota#481171 in 180
Ohio#482011 in 245
California#491041 in 250
Vermont#49141 in 166
New Jersey#521171 in 249
Delaware#5471 in 251
Iowa#541021 in 205
New York#553941 in 229
Texas#551851 in 275
Kansas#56751 in 211
Massachusetts#561151 in 289
Pennsylvania#563111 in 273
Connecticut#58461 in 271
Missouri#59991 in 281
Louisiana#60711 in 263
Colorado#61311 in 264
Oregon#63211 in 268
Idaho#65171 in 236
Virginia#65701 in 342
Indiana#66761 in 314
Maine#67211 in 281
Maryland#67351 in 369
Utah#72171 in 275
Rhode Island#73141 in 362
New Hampshire#7691 in 345
Florida#78251 in 386
Wyoming#8151 in 322
Arizona#83111 in 332
North Carolina#83721 in 456
Georgia#86711 in 451
Montana#87121 in 400
Tennessee#87491 in 480
West Virginia#88321 in 475
Oklahoma#102451 in 483
Hawaii#10761 in 372
South Carolina#111331 in 643
Mississippi#127291 in 664
Alabama#130351 in 731
Arkansas#148231 in 761
New Mexico#16551 in 734
Alaska———
Nevada———

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 1920

girls
#2,357
15 births · 1 in 79,886 girls
boys
#53
3,734 births · 1 in 285 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #2,357Edwin15

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #53Edwin3,734
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 79,886 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 59.1% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edwin
  1. #2,263Wilhemina16
  2. #2,263Yasuko16
  3. #2,263Zilphia16
  4. #2,357Edwin15
  5. #2,357Abby15
  6. #2,357Agapita15
  7. #2,357Aldean15
  8. #2,463Adelyn14
  9. #2,463Aldora14
  10. #2,463Alejandra14

Tied with 105 names at #2,357; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 550Denise#1,481 → #931
  2. ↑ 321Blossom#1,242 → #921
  3. ↑ 311Lilia#1,242 → #931
  4. ↑ 302Ena#1,270 → #968
  5. ↑ 277Lorayne#1,216 → #939
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Haruko#917 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 511Roselle#1,000 → #1,511
  3. ↓ 345Toshiko#967 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 304Carroll#902 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 297Santina#835 → #1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 285 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 98.9% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edwin
  1. #50Michael4,003
  2. #51Russell3,901
  3. #52Daniel3,897
  4. #53Edwin3,734
  5. #54Melvin3,717
  6. #55Chester3,698
  7. #56Leroy3,549
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920 →