Edwin

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Edwin: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Edwin: Recorded since 1959, it reached #135 in 2022, and it stood at #166 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
124times a registrar ranked it
67years from first to last
#135highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#423
1997	#386
1998	#458
1999	#586
2000	#491
2001	#503
2002	#633
2003	#546
2004	#523
2005	#565
2006	#481
2007	#575
2008	#544
2009	#610
2010	#503
2011	#455
2012	#460
2013	#464
2014	#463
2015	#456
2016	#493
2017	#483
2018	#564
2019	#493
2020	#453
2021	#526
2022	#461
2023	#472
2024	#434

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 45 of the 67 years from 1959 to 2025.

In 2024: #189 among boys in Norway, #434 among boys in England and Wales, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1959–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1959
First recorded at #420 among boys in Norway in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1959–2025
Highest recorded position: #135 among boys in Norway, in 2022 (recorded 1959–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #166 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Edwin appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 47 ranked years and 411 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1959.

Edwin across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Edwin's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#420 (1959)	#135 (2022)	#166 (2025)	45 of 67	598 (1959–2025)	40 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#214 (1964)	#138 (1976)	#785 (2024)	47 of 61	411 (1964–2024)	25 (1976)
England and Wales · Boys	#423 (1996)	#386 (1997)	#434 (2024)	29 of 29	1,898 (1996–2024)	93 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#305 (2004)	#305 (2004)	#398 (2014)	3 of 11	9 (2004–2014)	3 (2004)

Edwin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Edwin in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	45	6 of 10	8
1970sbusiest	146	10 of 10	15
1980s	104	10 of 10	10
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000s	43	7 of 10	6
2010s	40	8 of 10	5
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Edwin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1959 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #135 in Norway in 2022.

Edwin's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#434	93	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#472	85	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#461	88	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#526	74	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#453	88	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#493	79	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#564	66	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#483	84	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#493	82	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#456	89	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#463	85	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#464	83	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#460	86	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#455	83	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#503	70	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#610	53	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#544	61	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#575	53	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#481	64	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#565	47	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#523	50	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#546	42	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#633	31	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#503	40	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#491	40	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#586	31	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#458	45	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#386	58	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#423	48	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#166	29	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#189	25	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#180	28	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#135	40	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#146	36	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#171	26	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#165	34	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#232	21	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#213	23	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#171	34	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#218	24	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#222	23	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#238	21	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#187	31	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#326	12	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#295	15	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#325	13	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#546	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#320	12	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#455	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#421	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#528	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#516	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#494	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#434	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#395	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#527	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#518	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#539	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#568	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#569	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#531	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#569	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#620	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#621	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#538	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#569	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#477	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#488	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#586	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#441	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#451	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#439	6	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#411	7	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#420	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	9	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	7	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	6	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	8	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	11	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	10	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	12	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	14	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	21	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	22	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#138	25	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	17	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#182	15	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	18	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	16	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	7	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	9	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	8	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	8	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	10	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	6	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1959 and 2025, ranked in 63 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #135, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 93 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Edvinas · #435, 14y
Edward · #17, 76y
Edwina · #162, 53y
Edwyn · #1506, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Tim · #135, 67y
Syed · #136, 66y
Ailish · #138, 62y
Wojciech · #131, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Tim · #135, 67y
Gitte · #134, 40y
Irina · #136, 74y
Emine · #132, 55y

Edwin was ranked #135 in Norway · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Edwin and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Edwin without appearing here.

Edwin moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #633 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #546 and #1132.
Gary Compare
In 2009 they stood at #610 and #576 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #503 and #897.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #698 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #337 and #701.
Tore Compare
In 2011 they stood at #326 and #319 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #187 and #527.

Moved ahead of Edwin

Isak Compare
In 1982 they stood at #538 and #550 in Norway · Boys; by 1983 that had become #621 and #305.
Xavier Compare
In 2007 they stood at #374 and #404 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #698 and #386.
Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #544 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #610 and #311.
Tobias Compare
In 1972 they stood at #441 and #535 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #586 and #292.

Moved the opposite way to Edwin

Anders Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Edwin went from #420 to #166 while Anders went from #53 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Edwin went from #420 to #166 while Arild went from #27 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Edwin went from #420 to #166 while Arne went from #15 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Edwin went from #420 to #166 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.

Moved the same way as Edwin

Adam Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Edwin went from #420 to #166 and Adam from #265 to #29.
Aksel Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Edwin went from #420 to #166 and Aksel from #211 to #25.
Alexander Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Edwin went from #420 to #166 and Alexander from #244 to #81.
Alfred Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Edwin went from #420 to #166 and Alfred from #376 to #26.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1959 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #135 in Norway in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Edwin

Edwin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Edwin across 4 official records

Edwin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Edwin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Edwin

Edwin and the names beside it

Edwin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Edwin

Moved the opposite way to Edwin

Moved the same way as Edwin

Edwin at a glance

Edwin across 4 official records

Edwin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Edwin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Edwin

Edwin and the names beside it

Edwin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Edwin

Moved the opposite way to Edwin

Moved the same way as Edwin