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Edwin

Gender
Boy
Say it
ED-win
Origin
Old English
UK rank, 2025
#432 for boys
US rank, 2025
#398 for boys

Edwin is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “rich friend”. In 2025 it ranked 432nd for boys in the UK (103 babies) and 398th for boys in the US (798 babies).

What does Edwin mean?

Old English: from Old English ead, wealth, and wine, friend

“rich friend”

Edwin was a 7th-century king of Northumbria and its first Christian king.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Edwin a girl's or a boy's name?

Edwin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 103 boys in the UK and 798 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Edwin in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#432among boys
Babies in 2025
103about 1 in 2,900 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 103 boys in the UK were named Edwin, making it the 432nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 481st.

2025 had the most boys named Edwin of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Edwin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 111 boys in the UK were given Edwin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #417, up from #432 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 412th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#40), 1914 (#50), 1924 (#56), 1934 (#74) and 1944 (#89).

1996Busiest: 103 in 20252025
Edwin in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025103#432
202493#479
202389#500
202289#497
202181#539
202090#481
201981#533
201866#613
201789#507
201685#523
201593#487
201491#493
201385#504
201290#484
201186#480
201075#521
200958#622
200865#570
200754#619
200667#513
200547#620
200453#543
200344#582
200231#692
200141#542
200040#548
199932#623
199849#473
199759#419
199650#440

How popular is Edwin in the US?

Rank in 2025
#398among boys
Babies in 2025
798about 1 in 2,100 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 798 boys in the US were named Edwin, making it the 398th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 344th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 3,827 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Edwin than any year since 1911.

Half of all the boys named Edwin in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 3,827 in 19222025
Edwin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025798#398
2024852#382
2023831#384
2022917#359
2021921#353
2020931#344
2019962#348
20181,005#332
20171,034#332
20161,105#317
20151,149#312
20141,189#298
20131,235#282
20121,308#270
20111,524#235
20101,703#209
20091,980#192
20082,263#175
20072,398#171
20062,672#158
20052,307#178
20042,354#173
20032,171#180
20022,147#179
20011,987#186
20001,802#195
19991,678#204
19981,703#196
19971,605#198
19961,586#196
19951,685#187
19941,801#175
19931,823#176
19921,808#177
19911,968#163
19901,817#170
19891,761#171
19881,553#182
19871,406#191
19861,345#190
19851,329#189
19841,347#184
19831,193#198
19821,340#189
19811,334#187
19801,295#188
19791,284#186
19781,230#194
19771,283#180
19761,183#188
19751,240#183
19741,167#192
19731,320#177
19721,397#177
19711,525#176
19701,725#167
19691,777#161
19681,685#160
19671,666#161
19661,873#152
19651,907#157
19642,168#153
19632,234#148
19622,407#143
19612,447#145
19602,471#140
19592,580#137
19582,601#137
19572,714#134
19562,771#124
19552,666#124
19542,551#129
19532,644#123
19522,631#118
19512,569#119
19502,486#117
19492,374#123
19482,434#116
19472,590#114
19462,380#112
19451,948#117
19442,238#106
19432,388#107
19422,295#105
19412,214#97
19402,116#96
19392,063#96
19382,250#90
19372,262#89
19362,271#84
19352,258#89
19342,347#80
19332,328#77
19322,568#72
19312,704#67
19302,972#66
19292,897#66
19283,166#58
19273,390#57
19263,491#55
19253,560#57
19243,788#55
19233,652#56
19223,827#52
19213,750#54
19203,734#53
19193,450#52
19183,487#55
19173,346#55
19163,299#53
19153,151#53
19142,386#53
19131,825#55
19121,518#54
1911699#60
1910536#70
1909492#62
1908477#64
1907468#62
1906390#65
1905357#70
1904388#64
1903347#62
1902393#56
1901299#65
1900350#74
1899329#59
1898391#57
1897380#53
1896351#59
1895346#60
1894366#58
1893354#58
1892338#63
1891327#57
1890323#63
1889306#66
1888298#69
1887310#57
1886313#59
1885289#63
1884308#61
1883299#57
1882305#59
1881274#59
1880309#56

Nicknames for Edwin

Names like Edwin

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Edward Wilfred Alfred Arthur Frederick Stanley Albert Eddie Henry Ernest Sidney Ralph

Other spellings of Edwin

Edwyn Eduin

Names related to Edwin

Edin Aedin

More Old English names

Alfie Teddy Waylon Audrey Edith Ozzy Edie Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar Alden Edmund Kelsey Alvin Ozzie

Every Old English name

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, “Edwin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/edwin, updated 20 October 2026.