Edwin

“Wealthy friend” — Old English origin

Boy's name · #398 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Few names move less than Edwin — on the books since 1880, #398 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 248,000 boys share it. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Edwin's short forms are Eddie and Eddy.

Around the world: about 1 in 620 boys in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 800 boys in Norway (2025) · about 1 in 1,700 boys in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Edwins

Edwin Hubble — American astronomer (1889–1953)
Edwin van der Sar — Dutch association football player (born 1970)
Edwin McMillan — American physicist (1907-1991)
Edwin G. Krebs — American biochemist (1918–2009)
Edwin Howard Armstrong — American electrical engineer and inventor (1890–1954)

In stories & tradition

Edwin Jarvis — Earth-616
Edwin Cord — Earth-616
Edwin Bouwhuis — Goede tijden, slechte tijden

What Edwins become

Among 3,063 notable people named Edwin:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Edwin M. Stanton, American lawyer and politician (1814–1869).

Similar names: Walter · Edward · Leonard · Edgar · Alvin · Warren

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