Edwen — boys' name
80 babies named Edwen in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
80% of everyone ever named Edwen was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Edwen in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Edwen
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Edwen between 1995 and 2011, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Edwen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Edwen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Edwen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Edwen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 80 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Edwen at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Edwen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1995
- Peak year (2002)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
80 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 10 births in a single year.
Edwen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 64 births that decade — 80% of Edwen's all-time total
Edwen decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Edwen's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.