Edwin is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1922 and has since faded.
Edwin is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #398 for boy births in the United States (and #804 across all names), given to 798 babies — 808 including U.S. territories. Edwin first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1922 (3,827 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 798 | 808 | — | #398 |
| 2024 | 852 | 857 | — | #382 |
| 2023 | 831 | 842 | — | #384 |
| 2022 | 917 | 928 | — | #359 |
| 2021 | 921 | 936 | — | #353 |
| 2020 | 931 | 945 | — | #344 |
| 2019 | 962 | 986 | — | #348 |
| 2018 | 1,005 | 1,022 | — | #333 |
| 2017 | 1,034 | 1,057 | — | #332 |
| 2016 | 1,105 | 1,137 | — | #317 |
| 2015 | 1,149 | 1,177 | — | #312 |
| 2014 | 1,189 | 1,237 | — | #298 |
| 2013 | 1,235 | 1,288 | — | #282 |
| 2012 | 1,308 | 1,367 | — | #270 |
| 2011 | 1,524 | 1,598 | — | #235 |
| 2010 | 1,703 | 1,778 | — | #209 |
| 2009 | 1,980 | 2,096 | — | #192 |
| 2008 | 2,268 | 2,390 | #18,317 | #175 |
| 2007 | 2,398 | 2,519 | — | #171 |
| 2006 | 2,679 | 2,812 | #14,007 | #158 |
| 2005 | 2,312 | 2,451 | #17,249 | #178 |
| 2004 | 2,365 | 2,511 | #9,436 | #173 |
| 2003 | 2,179 | 2,363 | #11,620 | #180 |
| 2002 | 2,156 | 2,323 | #10,469 | #179 |
| 2001 | 1,992 | 2,202 | #16,056 | #186 |
| 2000 | 1,810 | 2,031 | #11,028 | #195 |
| 1999 | 1,684 | 1,927 | #13,161 | #204 |
| 1998 | 1,703 | 1,992 | — | #197 |
| 1997 | 1,613 | — | #10,065 | #198 |
| 1996 | 1,599 | — | #6,843 | #196 |
| 1995 | 1,692 | — | #10,848 | #187 |
| 1994 | 1,811 | — | #8,316 | #175 |
| 1993 | 1,843 | — | #4,874 | #176 |
| 1992 | 1,827 | — | #5,112 | #177 |
| 1991 | 1,983 | — | #6,033 | #163 |
| 1990 | 1,832 | — | #5,909 | #170 |
| 1989 | 1,776 | — | #5,630 | #171 |
| 1988 | 1,570 | — | #4,898 | #182 |
| 1987 | 1,420 | — | #5,375 | #191 |
| 1986 | 1,359 | — | #5,258 | #190 |
| 1985 | 1,335 | — | #9,649 | #189 |
| 1984 | 1,354 | — | #8,411 | #184 |
| 1983 | 1,210 | — | #4,326 | #198 |
| 1982 | 1,350 | — | #6,487 | #189 |
| 1981 | 1,342 | — | #7,595 | #187 |
| 1980 | 1,304 | — | #6,942 | #188 |
| 1979 | 1,289 | — | #10,636 | #186 |
| 1978 | 1,247 | — | #4,121 | #194 |
| 1977 | 1,289 | — | #8,745 | #180 |
| 1976 | 1,188 | — | #9,704 | #188 |
| 1975 | 1,248 | — | #6,677 | #183 |
| 1974 | 1,177 | — | #5,458 | #192 |
| 1973 | 1,327 | — | #6,862 | #177 |
| 1972 | 1,411 | — | #4,144 | #177 |
| 1971 | 1,543 | — | #3,550 | #176 |
| 1970 | 1,738 | — | #4,305 | #167 |
| 1969 | 1,791 | — | #3,831 | #161 |
| 1968 | 1,703 | — | #3,082 | #160 |
| 1967 | 1,680 | — | #3,526 | #161 |
| 1966 | 1,890 | — | #3,079 | #152 |
| 1965 | 1,918 | — | #4,013 | #158 |
| 1964 | 2,182 | — | #3,567 | #153 |
| 1963 | 2,245 | — | #4,087 | #148 |
| 1962 | 2,424 | — | #3,074 | #143 |
| 1961 | 2,462 | — | #3,357 | #145 |
| 1960 | 2,489 | — | #2,930 | #140 |
| 1959 | 2,588 | — | #4,745 | #137 |
| 1958 | 2,611 | — | #4,013 | #137 |
| 1957 | 2,725 | — | #3,762 | #134 |
| 1956 | 2,780 | — | #4,251 | #124 |
| 1955 | 2,676 | — | #3,860 | #124 |
| 1954 | 2,564 | — | #3,203 | #129 |
| 1953 | 2,659 | — | #2,851 | #123 |
| 1952 | 2,639 | — | #4,225 | #118 |
| 1951 | 2,577 | — | #4,132 | #119 |
| 1950 | 2,491 | — | #5,519 | #117 |
| 1949 | 2,374 | — | — | #123 |
| 1948 | 2,439 | — | #5,469 | #116 |
| 1947 | 2,597 | — | #4,475 | #114 |
| 1946 | 2,380 | — | — | #112 |
| 1945 | 1,956 | — | #3,462 | #117 |
| 1944 | 2,246 | — | #3,463 | #106 |
| 1943 | 2,394 | — | #4,319 | #107 |
| 1942 | 2,304 | — | #3,247 | #105 |
| 1941 | 2,223 | — | #3,081 | #97 |
| 1940 | 2,122 | — | #3,989 | #96 |
| 1939 | 2,071 | — | #3,212 | #96 |
| 1938 | 2,255 | — | #4,507 | #90 |
| 1937 | 2,268 | — | #3,923 | #89 |
| 1936 | 2,280 | — | #2,928 | #84 |
| 1935 | 2,267 | — | #2,991 | #89 |
| 1934 | 2,359 | — | #2,460 | #80 |
| 1933 | 2,343 | — | #2,078 | #77 |
| 1932 | 2,582 | — | #2,273 | #72 |
| 1931 | 2,719 | — | #2,131 | #67 |
| 1930 | 2,996 | — | #1,622 | #66 |
| 1929 | 2,924 | — | #1,499 | #66 |
| 1928 | 3,192 | — | #1,602 | #58 |
| 1927 | 3,425 | — | #1,370 | #57 |
| 1926 | 3,509 | — | #2,094 | #55 |
| 1925 | 3,582 | — | #1,860 | #57 |
| 1924 | 3,818 | — | #1,540 | #55 |
| 1923 | 3,675 | — | #1,796 | #56 |
| 1922 | 3,849 | — | #1,850 | #52 |
| 1921 | 3,760 | — | #3,227 | #54 |
| 1920 | 3,749 | — | #2,380 | #53 |
| 1919 | 3,468 | — | #2,006 | #52 |
| 1918 | 3,499 | — | #2,713 | #55 |
| 1917 | 3,364 | — | #1,938 | #55 |
| 1916 | 3,311 | — | #2,531 | #53 |
| 1915 | 3,167 | — | #1,989 | #53 |
| 1914 | 2,391 | — | #3,775 | #53 |
| 1913 | 1,836 | — | #1,924 | #55 |
| 1912 | 1,533 | — | #1,434 | #54 |
| 1911 | 705 | — | #2,271 | #60 |
| 1910 | 541 | — | #2,518 | #71 |
| 1909 | 492 | — | — | #62 |
| 1908 | 477 | — | — | #64 |
| 1907 | 468 | — | — | #62 |
| 1906 | 390 | — | — | #65 |
| 1905 | 357 | — | — | #70 |
| 1904 | 393 | — | #1,968 | #64 |
| 1903 | 353 | — | #1,654 | #62 |
| 1902 | 393 | — | — | #56 |
| 1901 | 299 | — | — | #65 |
| 1900 | 355 | — | #2,012 | #74 |
| 1899 | 336 | — | #1,308 | #59 |
| 1898 | 391 | — | — | #57 |
| 1897 | 385 | — | #1,622 | #53 |
| 1896 | 351 | — | — | #59 |
| 1895 | 346 | — | — | #60 |
| 1894 | 371 | — | #1,549 | #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 |