Alwin
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Alwin is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Alwin mean?
Old English
“noble”
A male given name from Old English; always rather rare in English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Alwin a girl's or a boy's name?
Alwin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alwin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Alwin, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2008, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Alwin than any year since 2011.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Alwin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Alwin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Alwin, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1915, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1895.
Half of all the boys named Alwin in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alwin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,611 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,583 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,532 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,586 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,645 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,306 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
Names like Alwin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leon Alfred Archie Arthur Wilfred Alvin Edwin Charlie Leo Reuben Albert Harvey
Names related to Alwin
More Old English names
Alfie Edward Teddy Waylon Audrey Edith Ozzy Edie Eddie Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar Alden Edmund Kelsey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alwin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alwin, updated 20 October 2026.