Edlin
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Edlin has been given to 303 babies in the U.S. since 1984. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1989, with 53 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% girls, 5% boys all-time.
Babies named Edlin, 2018
1 in 703,000
Edlin over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Edlin over time
In 2018, Edlin went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Edlin?
Edlin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2018
- 1 in 703,000
- 5 of 3,516,853 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 340,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2018
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 487,541 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Edlin sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2018 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 487,541 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Edlin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Edlins were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Edlin was born before 1989 — so the typical Edlin is around 36 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1980s
- 63.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 9.7%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 289
- People you could plausibly meet
1980s — 63.3% of all recorded uses (183).
Is Edlin 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
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1989 (53)
- Years since peak
- 36
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 48.4% average annual change
Spellings of Edlin
Edlin is not the most common spelling — Erin is, with 36.0% against Edlin's 0.03%.
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 Edlin is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Edlin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 162,607 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 100,000
- 2Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Edlin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Edlin is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Edlin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1California1 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. Edlin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Edlin by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Edlin
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Edlin
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.