Ed

Where Ed comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ed.

Ed through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #55 among boys, with 310 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #54
    337 babies named Ed, its best rank.
  3. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #102.
  4. 1930
    Ed White born
    American astronaut
  5. 1950
    Ed Harris born
    American actor and director
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Ed Harris · American actor and director, born 1950
  • Ed White · American astronaut, 1930–1967
  • Ed Sullivan · American television host, 1901–1974
  • Ed Gein · American murderer and human trophy collector, 1906–1984
  • Ed Begley · American actor, 1901–1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.