Boys' name · since 1995
Edwen
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.
- #18,872 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 80
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Edwen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 80 have been recorded since 1995.
Social Security Administration records show Edwen recorded 80 times among boys since 1995, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2011.
- #18,872 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 80 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edwen ranks #18,872 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,872 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 80
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Edwen's 80 recorded births place it above 58.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Edwen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Edwen splits its recorded history at 2006: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Edwen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2011
- Peak year (2002)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Edwen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (64 births, 80% of the file).
2000s was Edwen's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Edwen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
64 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 64 births (80% of all-time use).
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- Edwen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Edwen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Edwen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.