NameTides

Edwin

Edwin was the #398 boys' name in the US in 2025 (798 babies), and #412 in England & Wales and #484 in Canada.

Edwin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Edwin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesScotland
Edwin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#398 (798)#412 (98)#560 (5)——#484 (63)
2024#382 (852)#434 (93)——#785 (3)#482 (62)
2023#384 (831)#472 (85)#614 (4)—#660 (4)#401 (73)
2022#359 (917)#461 (88)———#439 (65)
2021#353 (921)#526 (74)#437 (7)——#462 (63)
2020#344 (931)#453 (88)———#432 (67)
2019#348 (962)#493 (79)———#416 (70)
2018#332 (1,005)#564 (66)——#635 (4)#373 (84)
2017#332 (1,034)#483 (84)#532 (5)—#610 (4)#421 (70)
2016#317 (1,105)#493 (82)#707 (3)—#601 (4)#422 (71)
2015#312 (1,149)#456 (89)#588 (4)—#554 (5)#401 (76)
2014#298 (1,189)#463 (85)#680 (3)#398 (3)—#401 (74)
2013#282 (1,235)#464 (83)——#605 (4)#392 (74)
2012#270 (1,308)#460 (86)#568 (4)—#500 (6)#396 (73)
2011#235 (1,524)#455 (83)#648 (3)—#490 (6)#475 (57)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1915 at #53.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Edwin is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,100 to 1 in 2,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Edwin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #317WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #425WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #275MNIllinois: #457ILMichigan: #571MINew York: #455NYMassachusetts: #347MAOregon: #263ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #331IAIndiana: #308INOhio: #555OHPennsylvania: #387PANew Jersey: #469NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #312CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #468CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #388VAMaryland: #233MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #321AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #428KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #372TNNorth Carolina: #431NCSouth Carolina: #298SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #401LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #482GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #461TXFlorida: #348FL
Edwin (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#35837

Edwin (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EdwinCanadaBoys#48463
EdwinEngland & WalesBoys#41298
EdwinIrelandBoys—too few
EdwinNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EdwinScotlandBoys#5605
EdwinUSGirls—too few
EdwinUSBoys#398798