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Alwin

#12,105 in 2025Boys' name

Noble + friend

Alwin has been given to 901 babies in the U.S. since 1895. In 2025 it ranked #12,105 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1915, with 26 recorded.

Babies named Alwin, 2025

1 in 663,000

Alwin over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Alwin: meaning, origin, and history

Noble + friend

Old English and Old High German

What Alwin means

Alwin means “noble + friend”, associated with æþel and wine.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Old English Æþelwine, from æþel (“noble”) + wine (“friend”); partly merged with Ælfwine (“Alvin”, literally “elf friend”).

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Origin, language, and formation

Alwin is used in English and German. Its origins include Old English and Old High German.

Alwin comes through Old English Æþelwine.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Alvin and Adelwijn.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 901 boys were recorded with the name Alwin between 1895 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 26 in 1915; its best national rank was #980 in 1895.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,663 in 2020 to #12,105 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,716 in 2015 to #12,105 in 2025.

How common is Alwin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,105
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Alwin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alwin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alwins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alwin was born before 1940 — so the typical Alwin is around 85 today.

Median birth year
1940
About 85 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
20.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
15.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
363
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 20.0% of all recorded uses (180).

Is Alwin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,442
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,389
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.83×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
19.2%
Peak was 1915 (26)
Years since peak
110
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#980
1895

Spellings of Alwin

Alwin is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 21.6% against Alwin's 0.05%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Alwin is used

Across 1910–2025, Alwin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,871,001 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Alwin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Alwin around the world

Where Alwin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2003–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    1975–2012
    #718
    in 2012
  • France
    1943–2015
    #6,518
    in 2015
  • South Australia
    1945–1986
    #460
    in 1986

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Alwin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,105
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,442
Best rank ever
#980
1895
Peak year
1915
26 that year
First recorded
1895
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
901
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Alwin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Alwin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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