Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Edwin

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Edwin
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

3,827

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

77.8%

2024

850

All-time

246,744

Edwin has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1922, when 3,827 boys were named Edwin.

In 2024, only 850 boys were given the name.

Down 77.8% from its peak.

All told, about 246,744 Americans have been named Edwin and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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