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Its wave through time Fading since the 1970s
In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1976 per million babies of that sex 6,714 babies given this name since 1911 At its height in 1976, about 1 in 10,900 boys 8 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Edward Boy From Old English ead 'wealth, prosperity' and weard 'guardian'. Viking & Saxon · peak 1880 Edwin Boy From Old English Eadwine, ead 'riches, fortune' and wine 'friend'. Viking & Saxon · peak 1915 Edwina Girl A 19th-century feminine form of Edwin, from Old English ēad 'wealth, prosperity' and wine 'friend'. Victorian · peak 1936 · forgotten Eadweard Boy From Old English ead 'wealth, prosperity' and weard 'guardian'. Viking & Saxon Eadwine Boy From Old English ead 'wealth, prosperity' and wine 'friend'. Early Medieval Eadwig Boy From Old English ead 'wealth, prosperity' and wig 'war, battle'. Viking & Saxon · forgotten Eadwulf Boy From Old English ead 'wealth, prosperity' and wulf 'wolf'. Viking & Saxon · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.