Boys' name · since 1917
Edwyn
722 babies named Edwyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,311 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,184 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 722
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
722 babies have been named Edwyn since 1917, making it today's #6184 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edwyn has been recorded 722 times among boys since 1917, currently ranked #6184 nationally and more common than 56% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #6,311 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,184 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 722 born since 1917
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edwyn ranks #6,311 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,184 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 722 born since 1917, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,311 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,184 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 722
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
Edwyn's 722 recorded births place it above 86.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Edwyn compares
722 Top 37% higher than 63% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Edwyn's all-time total is 96% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Edwyn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 722 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 34 | 22,252 |
Edwyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Edwyn splits its recorded history at 2001: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1937 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 49 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Edwyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Edwyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (278 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Edwyn's strongest decade.
278 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Edwyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s 9
1920s
9 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s 20
1950s
20 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s 54
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
278 births
- 2010s
2010s
210 births
- 2020s 76
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 278 births (39% of all-time use).
How Edwyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Edwyn's total volume
Edwyn by state
Where Edwyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 41 | 5.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 30 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.7% |
41 of 722 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Edwyn's data
- Edwyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (278 total births); usage has since declined to 76 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Edwyns (41 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Edwyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Edwyn 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.