Meaning not yet researched.
Edwin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 798 in 2025. Its best rank was #52 in 1922.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #52 in 1922; #398 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Edwin in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#398 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1922, at #52.
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Edwin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 798 boys in 2025. Peak: #52 in 1922 · most boys in one year: 3,827 (1922).
In 2025, 798 US boys were named Edwin, making it the 398th most common boys’ name of the year, down 16 places from #382 in 2024. That is 54 fewer than the 852 boys named Edwin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #52, reached in 1922. That year also had the most boys given the name: 3,827. For comparison, it was #312 in 2015 and #117 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Edwin in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 309 babies with the name. In all, 248,744 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 35,483 babies named Edwin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 9,356 US boys were named Edwin; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,105. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,140 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Edwin ranked highest in Maryland in 2025, at #235 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Edvin, Edwyn and Edwen are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ed, Eddie, Eddy, Ned and Win.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English and Polish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Edvin (1,065), Edwyn (722), Edwen (80), Edwynn (18), Edwuin (18), Edwinn (11), Edwon (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 14 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 24 | #235 | #258 |
| Oregon | 16 | #269 | #365 |
| Minnesota | 22 | #280 | #273 |
| South Carolina | 18 | #301 | #316 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #306 | #359 |
| Indiana | 25 | #309 | #430 |
| California | 118 | #312 | #243 |
| Arizona | 24 | #324 | #376 |
| Wisconsin | 17 | #327 | #294 |
| New Mexico | 6 | #328 | #243 |
| Iowa | 11 | #336 | #302 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | #349 | #351 |
| Florida | 56 | #349 | #297 |
| Tennessee | 22 | #374 | #377 |
| Alabama | 14 | #381 | #462 |
| Pennsylvania | 27 | #389 | #346 |
| Idaho | 6 | #389 | — |
| Virginia | 20 | #393 | #277 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #402 | #196 |
| Louisiana | 12 | #406 | #470 |
| Washington | 17 | #430 | #369 |
| Mississippi | 7 | #434 | #488 |
| North Carolina | 25 | #434 | #299 |
| Kansas | 8 | #438 | #480 |
| New York | 37 | #457 | #235 |
| Illinois | 23 | #460 | #289 |
| Nevada | 6 | #462 | #282 |
| Texas | 72 | #464 | #266 |
| New Jersey | 16 | #473 | #178 |
| Colorado | 12 | #477 | #349 |
| Georgia | 22 | #485 | #345 |
| Missouri | 11 | #536 | #445 |
| Ohio | 18 | #562 | #373 |
| Michigan | 14 | #579 | #432 |
| Kentucky | 7 | #582 | #341 |
| Utah | 6 | #638 | #427 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #645 | #484 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 798 | #398 |
| 2024 | — | — | 852 | #382 |
| 2023 | — | — | 831 | #384 |
| 2022 | — | — | 917 | #359 |
| 2021 | — | — | 921 | #353 |
| 2020 | — | — | 931 | #344 |
| 2019 | — | — | 962 | #348 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,005 | #333 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,034 | #332 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,105 | #317 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,149 | #312 |
| 2014 | — | — | 1,189 | #298 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,235 | #282 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,308 | #270 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,524 | #235 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,703 | #209 |
| 2009 | — | — | 1,980 | #192 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,317 | 2,263 | #175 |
| 2007 | — | — | 2,398 | #171 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,007 | 2,672 | #158 |
| 2005 | 5 | #17,249 | 2,307 | #178 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,436 | 2,354 | #173 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,620 | 2,171 | #180 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,469 | 2,147 | #179 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,056 | 1,987 | #186 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,028 | 1,802 | #195 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,161 | 1,678 | #204 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,703 | #197 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,065 | 1,605 | #198 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,843 | 1,586 | #196 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,848 | 1,685 | #187 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,316 | 1,801 | #175 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,874 | 1,823 | #176 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,112 | 1,808 | #177 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,033 | 1,968 | #163 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,909 | 1,817 | #170 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,630 | 1,761 | #171 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,898 | 1,553 | #182 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,375 | 1,406 | #191 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,258 | 1,345 | #190 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,649 | 1,329 | #189 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,411 | 1,347 | #184 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,326 | 1,193 | #198 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,487 | 1,340 | #189 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,595 | 1,334 | #187 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,942 | 1,295 | #188 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,636 | 1,284 | #186 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,121 | 1,230 | #194 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,745 | 1,283 | #180 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,704 | 1,183 | #188 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,677 | 1,240 | #183 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,458 | 1,167 | #192 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,862 | 1,320 | #177 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,144 | 1,397 | #177 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,550 | 1,525 | #176 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,305 | 1,725 | #167 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,831 | 1,777 | #161 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,082 | 1,685 | #160 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,526 | 1,666 | #161 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,079 | 1,873 | #152 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,013 | 1,907 | #158 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,567 | 2,168 | #153 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,087 | 2,234 | #148 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,074 | 2,407 | #143 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,357 | 2,447 | #145 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,930 | 2,471 | #140 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,745 | 2,580 | #137 |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,013 | 2,601 | #137 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,762 | 2,714 | #134 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,251 | 2,771 | #124 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,860 | 2,666 | #124 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,203 | 2,551 | #129 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,851 | 2,644 | #123 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,225 | 2,631 | #118 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,132 | 2,569 | #119 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,519 | 2,486 | #117 |
| 1949 | — | — | 2,374 | #123 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,469 | 2,434 | #116 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,475 | 2,590 | #114 |
| 1946 | — | — | 2,380 | #112 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,462 | 1,948 | #117 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,463 | 2,238 | #106 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,319 | 2,388 | #107 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,247 | 2,295 | #105 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,081 | 2,214 | #97 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,989 | 2,116 | #96 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,212 | 2,063 | #96 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,507 | 2,250 | #90 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,923 | 2,262 | #89 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,928 | 2,271 | #84 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,991 | 2,258 | #89 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,460 | 2,347 | #80 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,078 | 2,328 | #77 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,273 | 2,568 | #72 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,131 | 2,704 | #67 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,622 | 2,972 | #66 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,499 | 2,897 | #66 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,602 | 3,166 | #58 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,370 | 3,390 | #57 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,094 | 3,491 | #55 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,860 | 3,560 | #57 |
| 1924 | 30 | #1,540 | 3,788 | #55 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,796 | 3,652 | #56 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,850 | 3,827 | #52 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,227 | 3,750 | #54 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,380 | 3,734 | #53 |
| 1919 | 18 | #2,006 | 3,450 | #52 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,713 | 3,487 | #55 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,938 | 3,346 | #55 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,531 | 3,299 | #53 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,989 | 3,151 | #53 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,775 | 2,386 | #53 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,924 | 1,825 | #55 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,434 | 1,518 | #54 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,271 | 699 | #60 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,518 | 536 | #71 |
| 1909 | — | — | 492 | #62 |
| 1908 | — | — | 477 | #64 |
| 1907 | — | — | 468 | #62 |
| 1906 | — | — | 390 | #65 |
| 1905 | — | — | 357 | #70 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,968 | 388 | #64 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,654 | 347 | #62 |
| 1902 | — | — | 393 | #56 |
| 1901 | — | — | 299 | #65 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,012 | 350 | #74 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,308 | 329 | #59 |
| 1898 | — | — | 391 | #57 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,622 | 380 | #53 |
| 1896 | — | — | 351 | #59 |
| 1895 | — | — | 346 | #60 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,549 | 366 | #58 |
| 1893 | — | — | 354 | #58 |
| 1892 | — | — | 338 | #63 |
| 1891 | — | — | 327 | #59 |
| 1890 | — | — | 323 | #63 |
| 1889 | — | — | 306 | #66 |
| 1888 | — | — | 298 | #69 |
| 1887 | — | — | 310 | #57 |
| 1886 | — | — | 313 | #59 |
| 1885 | — | — | 289 | #63 |
| 1884 | — | — | 308 | #61 |
| 1883 | — | — | 299 | #57 |
| 1882 | — | — | 305 | #59 |
| 1881 | — | — | 274 | #60 |
| 1880 | — | — | 309 | #57 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).