# Elwin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elwin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,181 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,176 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 48, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 5 | 5,075 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | 8,331 |
| 2011 | 15 | 5,752 |
| 2012 | 14 | 6,091 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,309 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,717 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,134 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,166 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5,850 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,640 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6,061 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,242 |
| 2022 | 18 | 5,270 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,021 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,563 |
| 2025 | 20 | 4,907 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Elwin

- Elwin Bruno Christoffel, German mathematician (1829–1900)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.