Edwin
Edwin was given to 798 boys in 2025, #398 among boys’ names; 248,744 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 128,000 Americans named Edwin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (52% of everyone recorded); the median is 42 years old and half are between 23 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Edwin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Edwin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Edwin is “a male given name from Old English.”
Inherited from Old English Ēadwine, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawini, from Proto-Germanic *Audawiniz. Akin to Old Norse Auðun, Icelandic Auðunn, German Otwin, Norwegian Audun, and the Lombard king’s name Audoin (French Ouen).
/ˈɛdwɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Edwin?
#398 among boys’ names, 2025
Edwin fell from #312 in 2015 to #398 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.60 to 0.47 per 1,000.
3,849 babies in 1922, the peak
Edwin peaked in 1922, when 3,849 babies were given it (3,827 boys, #52 among boys’ names). The 798 births of 2025 are 21% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 798 | #398 | 0.47 |
| 2024 | 852 | #382 | 0.49 |
| 2023 | 831 | #384 | 0.49 |
| 2022 | 917 | #359 | 0.53 |
| 2021 | 921 | #353 | 0.53 |
| 2020 | 931 | #344 | 0.54 |
| 2019 | 962 | #348 | 0.54 |
| 2018 | 1,005 | #333 | 0.55 |
| 2017 | 1,034 | #332 | 0.56 |
| 2016 | 1,105 | #317 | 0.58 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,149 | #312 | 0.60 |
| 2014 | 1,189 | #298 | 0.62 |
| 2013 | 1,235 | #282 | 0.65 |
| 2012 | 1,308 | #270 | 0.69 |
| 2011 | 1,524 | #235 | 0.80 |
| 2010 | 1,703 | #209 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 1,980 | #192 | 1.0 |
| 2008 | 2,263 | #175 | 1.1 |
| 2007 | 2,398 | #171 | 1.2 |
| 2006 | 2,672 | #158 | 1.3 |
| 2005 | 2,307 | #178 | 1.2 |
| 2004 | 2,354 | #173 | 1.2 |
| 2003 | 2,171 | #180 | 1.1 |
| 2002 | 2,147 | #179 | 1.1 |
| 2001 | 1,987 | #186 | 1.0 |
| 2000 | 1,802 | #195 | 0.92 |
| 1999 | 1,678 | #204 | 0.87 |
| 1998 | 1,703 | #197 | 0.89 |
| 1997 | 1,605 | #198 | 0.85 |
| 1996 | 1,586 | #196 | 0.84 |
| 1995 | 1,685 | #187 | 0.89 |
| 1994 | 1,801 | #175 | 0.93 |
| 1993 | 1,823 | #176 | 0.93 |
| 1992 | 1,808 | #177 | 0.91 |
| 1991 | 1,968 | #163 | 1.0 |
| 1990 | 1,817 | #170 | 0.88 |
| 1989 | 1,761 | #171 | 0.88 |
| 1988 | 1,553 | #182 | 0.81 |
| 1987 | 1,406 | #191 | 0.75 |
| 1986 | 1,345 | #190 | 0.73 |
| 1985 | 1,329 | #189 | 0.72 |
| 1984 | 1,347 | #184 | 0.75 |
| 1983 | 1,193 | #198 | 0.67 |
| 1982 | 1,340 | #189 | 0.74 |
| 1981 | 1,334 | #187 | 0.74 |
| 1980 | 1,295 | #188 | 0.73 |
| 1979 | 1,284 | #186 | 0.75 |
| 1978 | 1,230 | #194 | 0.75 |
| 1977 | 1,283 | #180 | 0.78 |
| 1976 | 1,183 | #188 | 0.75 |
| 1975 | 1,240 | #183 | 0.79 |
| 1974 | 1,167 | #192 | 0.74 |
| 1973 | 1,320 | #177 | 0.85 |
| 1972 | 1,397 | #177 | 0.86 |
| 1971 | 1,525 | #176 | 0.86 |
| 1970 | 1,725 | #167 | 0.93 |
| 1969 | 1,777 | #161 | 1.0 |
| 1968 | 1,685 | #160 | 1.0 |
| 1967 | 1,666 | #161 | 1.0 |
| 1966 | 1,873 | #152 | 1.1 |
| 1965 | 1,907 | #158 | 1.0 |
| 1964 | 2,168 | #153 | 1.1 |
| 1963 | 2,234 | #148 | 1.1 |
| 1962 | 2,407 | #143 | 1.2 |
| 1961 | 2,447 | #145 | 1.2 |
| 1960 | 2,471 | #140 | 1.2 |
| 1959 | 2,580 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1958 | 2,601 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1957 | 2,714 | #134 | 1.3 |
| 1956 | 2,771 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1955 | 2,666 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1954 | 2,551 | #129 | 1.3 |
| 1953 | 2,644 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1952 | 2,631 | #118 | 1.4 |
| 1951 | 2,569 | #119 | 1.4 |
| 1950 | 2,486 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1949 | 2,374 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1948 | 2,434 | #116 | 1.4 |
| 1947 | 2,590 | #114 | 1.4 |
| 1946 | 2,380 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1945 | 1,948 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1944 | 2,238 | #106 | 1.6 |
| 1943 | 2,388 | #107 | 1.7 |
| 1942 | 2,295 | #105 | 1.7 |
| 1941 | 2,214 | #97 | 1.8 |
| 1940 | 2,116 | #96 | 1.8 |
| 1939 | 2,063 | #96 | 1.9 |
| 1938 | 2,250 | #90 | 2.0 |
| 1937 | 2,262 | #89 | 2.1 |
| 1936 | 2,271 | #84 | 2.2 |
| 1935 | 2,258 | #89 | 2.2 |
| 1934 | 2,347 | #80 | 2.3 |
| 1933 | 2,328 | #77 | 2.3 |
| 1932 | 2,568 | #72 | 2.5 |
| 1931 | 2,704 | #67 | 2.6 |
| 1930 | 2,972 | #66 | 2.7 |
| 1929 | 2,897 | #66 | 2.7 |
| 1928 | 3,166 | #58 | 2.9 |
| 1927 | 3,390 | #57 | 3.0 |
| 1926 | 3,491 | #55 | 3.1 |
| 1925 | 3,560 | #57 | 3.2 |
| 1924 | 3,788 | #55 | 3.3 |
| 1923 | 3,652 | #56 | 3.3 |
| 1922 | 3,827 | #52 | 3.5 |
| 1921 | 3,750 | #54 | 3.4 |
| 1920 | 3,734 | #53 | 3.5 |
| 1919 | 3,450 | #52 | 3.5 |
| 1918 | 3,487 | #55 | 3.4 |
| 1917 | 3,346 | #55 | 3.6 |
| 1916 | 3,299 | #53 | 3.7 |
| 1915 | 3,151 | #53 | 3.7 |
| 1914 | 2,386 | #53 | 3.6 |
| 1913 | 1,825 | #55 | 3.6 |
| 1912 | 1,518 | #54 | 3.5 |
| 1911 | 699 | #60 | 3.1 |
| 1910 | 536 | #71 | 2.8 |
| 1909 | 492 | #62 | 3.0 |
| 1908 | 477 | #64 | 3.1 |
| 1907 | 468 | #62 | 3.2 |
| 1906 | 390 | #65 | 2.9 |
| 1905 | 357 | #70 | 2.7 |
| 1904 | 388 | #64 | 3.0 |
| 1903 | 347 | #62 | 2.9 |
| 1902 | 393 | #56 | 3.2 |
| 1901 | 299 | #65 | 2.8 |
| 1900 | 350 | #74 | 2.3 |
| 1899 | 329 | #59 | 3.1 |
| 1898 | 391 | #57 | 3.2 |
| 1897 | 380 | #53 | 3.4 |
| 1896 | 351 | #59 | 2.9 |
| 1895 | 346 | #60 | 2.9 |
| 1894 | 366 | #58 | 3.2 |
| 1893 | 354 | #58 | 3.2 |
| 1892 | 338 | #63 | 2.8 |
| 1891 | 327 | #59 | 3.2 |
| 1890 | 323 | #63 | 2.9 |
| 1889 | 306 | #66 | 2.8 |
| 1888 | 298 | #69 | 2.5 |
| 1887 | 310 | #57 | 3.1 |
| 1886 | 313 | #59 | 2.8 |
| 1885 | 289 | #63 | 2.7 |
| 1884 | 308 | #61 | 2.7 |
| 1883 | 299 | #57 | 2.9 |
| 1882 | 305 | #59 | 2.7 |
| 1881 | 274 | #60 | 2.7 |
| 1880 | 309 | #57 | 2.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Edwin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Edwin has been given almost only to boys: 1,191 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Edwin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Edwin, and how old are they?
128,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 52% of the 248,744 Americans ever recorded as Edwin. The median Edwin alive today is 42 years old; half are between 23 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 160,734 people named Edwin (303 women and girls, 160,431 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 136,461 born in the U.S. The Census count is 18% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 7,830 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 31,600 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 20,800 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 24,100 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 31,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 12,800 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Edwin born?
The states with the most babies named Edwin are New York, California and Texas, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 32,053 | #457 | 1.6× |
| California | 23,726 | #312 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 16,007 | #464 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 13,986 | #389 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 13,890 | #460 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 9,428 | #473 | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 8,715 | #562 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 7,756 | #579 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 6,943 | #349 | 1.0× |
| Massachusetts | 6,375 | #349 | 0.9× |
Where Edwin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Edwin is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Edwin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 249,546 babies since 1880, Edwin is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 798 of their 812 babies (98%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Edwin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Edwin and names like it
- Compare Edwin and EdwynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sEdwin peaked in 1922.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Edwin since 1910.
- Old English namesWiktionary’s origin for Edwin: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Edwin.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Edwin alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.