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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #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 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Edwin, so not publishedAKMaine: #146 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,040 boysMEVermont: #105 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 634 boysVTNew Hampshire: #105 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 755 boysNHWashington: #116 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 694 boysWAIdaho: #140 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 762 boysIDMontana: #74 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 379 boysMTNorth Dakota: #110 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 571 boysNDMinnesota: #161 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,484 boysMNIllinois: #110 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 766 boysILWisconsin: #111 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 833 boysWIMichigan: #111 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 794 boysMINew York: #91 for boys · 279 births · 1 in 541 boysNYMassachusetts: #93 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 819 boysMARhode Island: #86 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 615 boysRIOregon: #131 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 934 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Edwin, so not publishedNVWyoming: #46 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 187 boysWYSouth Dakota: #105 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 577 boysSDIowa: #117 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 752 boysIAIndiana: #132 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 956 boysINOhio: #110 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 790 boysOHPennsylvania: #85 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 524 boysPANew Jersey: #88 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 648 boysNJConnecticut: #81 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 547 boysCTCalifornia: #153 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 1,061 boysCAUtah: #143 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 801 boysUTColorado: #108 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 545 boysCONebraska: #91 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 511 boysNEMissouri: #127 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 817 boysMOKentucky: #125 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 812 boysKYWest Virginia: #115 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 760 boysWVVirginia: #104 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 507 boysVAMaryland: #94 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 543 boysMDDelaware: #78 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 372 boysDEArizona: #107 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 434 boysAZNew Mexico: #145 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 707 boysNMKansas: #107 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 603 boysKSArkansas: #150 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 890 boysARTennessee: #121 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 713 boysTNNorth Carolina: #117 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 613 boysNCSouth Carolina: #121 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 620 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #91 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 525 boysDCOklahoma: #131 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 767 boysOKLouisiana: #119 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 562 boysLAMississippi: #158 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 970 boysMSAlabama: #145 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 885 boysALGeorgia: #111 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 557 boysGAHawaii: #65 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 211 boysHITexas: #168 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 873 boysTXFlorida: #134 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 725 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#46 · 1 in 187
  2. Hawaii#65 · 1 in 211
  3. Montana#74 · 1 in 379
  4. Delaware#78 · 1 in 372
  5. Connecticut#81 · 1 in 547

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#46161 in 187
Hawaii#65281 in 211
Montana#74181 in 379
Delaware#7891 in 372
Connecticut#81341 in 547
Pennsylvania#852071 in 524
Rhode Island#86131 in 615
New Jersey#88711 in 648
District of Columbia#91251 in 525
Nebraska#91291 in 511
New York#912791 in 541
Massachusetts#93581 in 819
Maryland#94451 in 543
Virginia#104731 in 507
New Hampshire#10571 in 755
South Dakota#105141 in 577
Vermont#10561 in 634
Arizona#107231 in 434
Kansas#107331 in 603
Colorado#108301 in 545
Illinois#1101211 in 766
North Dakota#110131 in 571
Ohio#1101151 in 790
Georgia#111781 in 557
Michigan#111981 in 794
Wisconsin#111471 in 833
West Virginia#115321 in 760
Washington#116391 in 694
Iowa#117401 in 752
North Carolina#117821 in 613
Louisiana#119631 in 562
South Carolina#121461 in 620
Tennessee#121551 in 713
Kentucky#125441 in 812
Missouri#127511 in 817
Oklahoma#131311 in 767
Oregon#131181 in 934
Indiana#132471 in 956
Florida#134421 in 725
Idaho#14091 in 762
Utah#143121 in 801
Alabama#145431 in 885
New Mexico#145141 in 707
Maine#14691 in 1,040
Arkansas#150251 in 890
California#1531151 in 1,061
Mississippi#158301 in 970
Minnesota#161241 in 1,484
Texas#1681191 in 873
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 1950

girls
#5,301
5 births · 1 in 342,611 girls
boys
#117
2,486 births · 1 in 720 boys

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #5,301Edwin5

Top boys' names in 1950

  1. #1James86,228
  2. #2Robert83,553
  3. #3John79,412
  4. #4Michael65,136
  5. #5David60,729
  6. #6William60,680
  7. #7Richard51,003
  8. #8Thomas45,596
  9. #9Charles39,095
  10. #10Gary33,737
  11. #117Edwin2,486
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 342,611 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 13.2% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edwin
  1. #4,738Zilphia6
  2. #4,738Zonia6
  3. #4,738Zulma6
  4. #5,301Edwin5
  5. #5,301Abagail5
  6. #5,301Adonica5
  7. #5,301Adora5

Tied with 808 names at #5,301; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,242Mindy#2,013 → #771
  2. ↑ 649Geralyn#1,627 → #978
  3. ↑ 636Kyle#1,512 → #876
  4. ↑ 416Debrah#1,109 → #693
  5. ↑ 405Debbra#1,353 → #948
Fallers
  1. ↓ 241Luana#823 → #1,064
  2. ↓ 231Christene#930 → #1,161
  3. ↓ 216Pearline#785 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 210Ingrid#518 → #728
  5. ↓ 201Dayle#982 → #1,183

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

boys

1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 720 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 97.2% of the 4,196 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. #114Jesse2,607
  2. #115Jay2,584
  3. #116Darrell2,493
  4. #117Edwin2,486
  5. #118Warren2,467
  6. #119Leon2,427
  7. #120Dean2,337
Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 744Ezzard#1,616 → #872
  2. ↑ 510Kelvin#1,085 → #575
  3. ↑ 447Nancy#1,297 → #850
  4. ↑ 420Samual#1,380 → #960
  5. ↑ 376Shaun#1,275 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 371Sharon#885 → #1,256
  2. ↓ 369Melvyn#770 → #1,139
  3. ↓ 367Les#997 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 351Delmas#905 → #1,256
  5. ↓ 315Denzil#808 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1950 →