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.
Where Edwin is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Jersey#77 · 1 in 475
- New York#86 · 1 in 513
- Connecticut#94 · 1 in 599
- Massachusetts#97 · 1 in 673
- Rhode Island#102 · 1 in 655
Best ever in a state: #12 in Idaho, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #77 | 116 | 1 in 475 |
| New York | #86 | 263 | 1 in 513 |
| Connecticut | #94 | 37 | 1 in 599 |
| Massachusetts | #97 | 65 | 1 in 673 |
| Rhode Island | #102 | 10 | 1 in 655 |
| California | #114 | 533 | 1 in 504 |
| Florida | #162 | 88 | 1 in 1,015 |
| District of Columbia | #169 | 18 | 1 in 730 |
| Illinois | #176 | 80 | 1 in 1,085 |
| Nevada | #176 | 8 | 1 in 999 |
| Pennsylvania | #179 | 56 | 1 in 1,454 |
| Virginia | #183 | 33 | 1 in 1,268 |
| West Virginia | #187 | 6 | 1 in 1,710 |
| Kentucky | #199 | 14 | 1 in 1,747 |
| Oregon | #213 | 13 | 1 in 1,496 |
| Mississippi | #220 | 14 | 1 in 1,226 |
| Texas | #224 | 119 | 1 in 1,245 |
| Georgia | #232 | 34 | 1 in 1,455 |
| Maryland | #237 | 17 | 1 in 1,887 |
| North Carolina | #263 | 23 | 1 in 2,011 |
| Michigan | #267 | 28 | 1 in 2,480 |
| Ohio | #274 | 26 | 1 in 3,004 |
| Tennessee | #277 | 15 | 1 in 2,309 |
| Oklahoma | #281 | 9 | 1 in 2,283 |
| Louisiana | #287 | 18 | 1 in 1,773 |
| Alabama | #293 | 12 | 1 in 2,253 |
| Arizona | #295 | 14 | 1 in 2,164 |
| Minnesota | #302 | 8 | 1 in 3,943 |
| Arkansas | #316 | 6 | 1 in 2,556 |
| Colorado | #330 | 8 | 1 in 3,023 |
| South Carolina | #338 | 9 | 1 in 2,620 |
| New Mexico | #350 | 5 | 1 in 2,326 |
| Kansas | #360 | 5 | 1 in 3,409 |
| Washington | #406 | 8 | 1 in 4,251 |
| Indiana | #439 | 7 | 1 in 5,660 |
| Missouri | #480 | 6 | 1 in 6,291 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| 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
- 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 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 122,903 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 61.9% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,286Whittley16
- #5,286Xaviera16
- #5,286Yashica16
- #5,545Edwin15
- #5,545Abrielle15
- #5,545Adelita15
- #5,545Aislynn15
- #5,836Aaliyah14
- #5,836Abbe14
- #5,836Abbigale14
Tied with 290 names at #5,545; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 1,136 of them was named Edwin, which outranked 98.1% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.