Edwin

Meaning: Wealthy friend
Origin: Old English

Nicknames: Eddie, Eddy

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

Popularity over time

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.

Across the states

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

Around the world

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#153 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #155 in Ecuador (2025) · #166 in Norway (2025) · #255 in Mexico (2024) · #280 in Sweden (2025) · #412 in England & Wales (2025) · #513 in Poland (2025) · #588 in Scotland (2025) · #745 in Switzerland (2025) · #747 in Austria (2025) · #1,017 in France (2025) · #1,040 in Netherlands (2025) and 2 more.

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 — Marvel Comics
Edwin Cord — Marvel Comics
Edwin Bouwhuis^nl — Goede tijden, slechte tijden (TV series)

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).

Spellings & nicknames

About 290 boys a year are given Eddie as their full name and 110 Eddy.

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

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