Edwin
- Pronunciation
- [Ed-win]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Valued
- Origin
- Anglo
About the Name Edwin
Edwin descends from the Old English Eadwine, composed of ead (wealth, prosperity) and wine (friend) — yielding "wealthy friend" or "prosperous friend." The name has been used continuously in English-speaking countries since the medieval period, anchored by Saint Edwin of Northumbria (c. 586–633 CE), the king of Northumbria who converted to Christianity and was canonized after his death in battle.
Notable bearers include American astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (born 1930, the iconic NASA astronaut who, alongside Neil Armstrong, became one of the first two humans to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969); American novelist Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner); and the contemporary Latin singer Edwin Luna.
Edwin held a US top-200 boys' rank from 1880 through 2010 — over thirteen decades of continuous American popularity, anchored partly by Anglo-Saxon naming heritage and partly by Spanish-American adoption. The name has been driven in recent decades primarily by Spanish-language naming influence. The name's appeal is its layered Old English-Saxon-historical pedigree combined with two firm syllables. The name reads as both classical-Anglo-Saxon and contemporary American with the strong Apollo 11 cultural anchor. Common nicknames Ed (the dominant short form, casual and adult), Eddie, Eddy, Win (back-end shortening), and the rare Eddo each carry distinct registers; international forms include Edouin (French), Edwino (Spanish), and the original Old English Eadwine.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Edwin
US Popularity History (1880–2025)
Annual US births named Edwin by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1922 with 3,827 boys named Edwin (boy rank #52 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #398 for boys (798 US births). That's 346 places below its 1922 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Edwin Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Edwin the strongest states are Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delaware | #181 | 18 |
| 2 | Maryland | #251 | 216 |
| 3 | Minnesota | #269 | 212 |
| 4 | Nebraska | #269 | 80 |
| 5 | California | #286 | 1,323 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | #298 | 183 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | #315 | 160 |
| 8 | Texas | #324 | 1,072 |
| 9 | New Mexico | #327 | 33 |
| 10 | New York | #339 | 501 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Edwin in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ed | Abbreviation Of Names Beginning With Ed- Like Edward And Edmond. | Male | English |
| Eddie | Abbreviation Of Names Beginning With Ed- Like Edward And Edmond. | Male | English |
| Eddy | Abbreviation Of Names Beginning With Ed- Like Edward And Edmond. | Male | English |
| Ned | Nickname For Edward. | Male | English |
| Ted | Abbreviation Of Theodore. | Male | English |
| Teddy | Abbreviation Of Theodore. | Male | English |
Famous People Named Edwin
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Edwin.
- Edwin Powell Hubble was an American astronomer who made great inroads in observational cosmology.
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Compare Edwin to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Edwin against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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