How rare is the name Edwin?

160,734 people in the United States have the first name Edwin, about 1 in 1,879. It ranks #348 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EDWIN

#348

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
160,734
About
1 in 1,879
This common or more
51.7%
Who bears it

Of the 160,734 people named Edwin, 49.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 36.7% as White and 6.7% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Edwin peaked in 1922, when 3,849 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1922
Births that year
3,849
In 2025*
798 ▼79%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 248,744 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Edwin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #128. The largest share of babies named Edwin, 22.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1593,011
1890s#1843,522
1900s#2183,977
1910s#12823,815
1920s#13635,483
1930s#19124,140
1940s#23823,035
1950s#26826,310
1960s#33420,784
1970s#37913,457
1980s#38314,020
1990s#35717,587
2000s#33522,139
2010s#55412,214
2020s#7355,250
Before 19012.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2722.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4517.5%
Baby boom 1946–6419.3%
Generation X 1965–809.5%
Millennials 1981–9610.2%
Generation Z 1997–1212.7%
2013 and later5.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Edwin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Edwin has been most common in Hawaii (2.2×), North Dakota (1.8×), and New York (1.7×), and least common in Alaska (0.31×).

235,213 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Edwin

#346 Eva · 161,325#347 Jon · 161,311#349 Carter · 160,407#350 Curtis · 159,667

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Edwin, most common first.

#2,618 Edwina · 9,100#5,111 Edin · 3,430#17,795 Edwyn · 613#19,811 Eduin · 529#35,980 Edwine · 222#38,650 Edwen · 198

Also a last name

As a last name, Edwin ranks #20,869 of 156,621, with 1,282 people. See Edwin as a last name

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