Ed
Last seen for girls in 1932 at #3,901 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 337 births
- Debut · boys
- 310 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 20 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 26,205since 1880
Ed over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,226 | 12 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,976 | 21 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,044 | 20 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,842 | 21 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,066 | 19 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,480 | 22 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,351 | 21 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,923 | 24 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,109 | 22 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,670 | 26 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,695 | 24 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,509 | 23 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,115 | 28 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,837 | 33 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,019 | 28 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,690 | 34 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,711 | 33 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,677 | 35 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,602 | 37 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,524 | 40 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,570 | 37 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,718 | 31 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,780 | 29 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,453 | 38 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,258 | 46 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,082 | 58 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,006 | 64 | |
| 1972 | — | #921 | 75 | |
| 1971 | — | #791 | 103 | |
| 1970 | — | #727 | 127 | |
| 1969 | — | #676 | 135 | |
| 1968 | — | #580 | 170 | |
| 1967 | — | #564 | 177 | |
| 1966 | — | #501 | 228 | |
| 1965 | — | #439 | 307 | |
| 1964 | — | #379 | 437 | |
| 1963 | — | #343 | 504 | |
| 1962 | — | #327 | 574 | |
| 1961 | — | #320 | 603 | |
| 1960 | — | #308 | 644 | |
| 1959 | — | #297 | 696 | |
| 1958 | — | #299 | 632 | |
| 1957 | — | #369 | 435 | |
| 1956 | — | #463 | 267 | |
| 1955 | — | #539 | 188 | |
| 1954 | — | #569 | 167 | |
| 1953 | — | #616 | 139 | |
| 1952 | — | #594 | 139 | |
| 1951 | — | #628 | 125 | |
| 1950 | — | #521 | 164 | |
| 1949 | — | #432 | 241 | |
| 1948 | — | #404 | 285 | |
| 1947 | — | #354 | 369 | |
| 1946 | — | #322 | 404 | |
| 1945 | — | #338 | 312 | |
| 1944 | — | #341 | 307 | |
| 1943 | — | #343 | 321 | |
| 1942 | — | #360 | 281 | |
| 1941 | — | #355 | 271 | |
| 1940 | — | #362 | 250 | |
| 1939 | — | #343 | 267 | |
| 1938 | — | #340 | 265 | |
| 1937 | — | #332 | 265 | |
| 1936 | — | #340 | 258 | |
| 1935 | — | #352 | 243 | |
| 1934 | — | #338 | 261 | |
| 1933 | — | #327 | 269 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #343 | 259 |
| 1931 | — | #360 | 241 | |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #373 | 232 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #406 | 205 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #368 | 251 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #374 | 245 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #341 | 287 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #373 | 255 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #365 | 270 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #365 | 266 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #345 | 293 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #356 | 287 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #330 | 309 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #301 | 327 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | #302 | 333 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #304 | 304 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #315 | 274 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #274 | 321 |
| 1914 | — | #255 | 286 | |
| 1913 | — | #246 | 238 | |
| 1912 | — | #228 | 229 | |
| 1911 | — | #190 | 164 | |
| 1910 | — | #140 | 229 | |
| 1909 | — | #157 | 159 | |
| 1908 | — | #155 | 152 | |
| 1907 | — | #133 | 178 | |
| 1906 | — | #138 | 149 | |
| 1905 | — | #111 | 190 | |
| 1904 | — | #114 | 184 | |
| 1903 | — | #117 | 168 | |
| 1902 | — | #109 | 175 | |
| 1901 | — | #102 | 162 | |
| 1900 | — | #87 | 297 | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #101 | 174 |
| 1898 | — | #89 | 228 | |
| 1897 | — | #90 | 198 | |
| 1896 | — | #81 | 246 | |
| 1895 | — | #84 | 229 | |
| 1894 | — | #81 | 241 | |
| 1893 | — | #80 | 225 | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | #66 | 306 |
| 1891 | — | #70 | 237 | |
| 1890 | — | #70 | 262 | |
| 1889 | — | #71 | 270 | |
| 1888 | — | #68 | 301 | |
| 1887 | — | #62 | 275 | |
| 1886 | — | #63 | 303 | |
| 1885 | — | #54 | 328 | |
| 1884 | — | #60 | 314 | |
| 1883 | — | #64 | 247 | |
| 1882 | — | #54 | 337 | |
| 1881 | — | #61 | 272 | |
| 1880 | — | #55 | 310 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ed was already there! It came in at #55, and was given to 310 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2012, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ed is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#99 · 1 in 494
- South Carolina#127 · 1 in 806
- Alabama#142 · 1 in 819
- Texas#170 · 1 in 904
- Georgia#180 · 1 in 1,271
Best ever in a state: #38 in Mississippi, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #99 | 36 | 1 in 494 |
| South Carolina | #127 | 24 | 1 in 806 |
| Alabama | #142 | 28 | 1 in 819 |
| Texas | #170 | 47 | 1 in 904 |
| Georgia | #180 | 23 | 1 in 1,271 |
| North Carolina | #181 | 26 | 1 in 1,127 |
| Tennessee | #187 | 16 | 1 in 1,368 |
| Florida | #190 | 8 | 1 in 1,100 |
| Washington | #197 | 6 | 1 in 1,499 |
| Arkansas | #198 | 14 | 1 in 1,158 |
| Colorado | #210 | 5 | 1 in 1,491 |
| Oklahoma | #227 | 13 | 1 in 1,511 |
| Kentucky | #234 | 14 | 1 in 1,647 |
| Nebraska | #247 | 6 | 1 in 1,890 |
| Louisiana | #300 | 8 | 1 in 2,152 |
| West Virginia | #318 | 5 | 1 in 2,804 |
| California | #357 | 6 | 1 in 3,607 |
| Michigan | #378 | 6 | 1 in 5,463 |
| Virginia | #408 | 5 | 1 in 4,403 |
| Ohio | #420 | 6 | 1 in 7,998 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ed
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 94 spots in 1957 (#463 → #369)
- Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1972 (#791 → #921)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #54 (337 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1880–1898
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 329 boys born in 1885 were named Ed (0.30%)
- Latest: 1 in 191,432 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #54 in 1882, was only 1 in 337 (0.30%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 14.4% of all boys named Ed (3,779) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,957 | #54 (1882) | #61 |
| 1890s | 2,346 | #66 (1892) | #81 |
| 1900s | 1,814 | #87 (1900) | #122 |
| 1910s | 2,705 | #140 (1910) | #256 |
| 1920s | 2,668 | #330 (1920) | #362 |
| 1930s | 2,560 | #327 (1933) | #345 |
| 1940s | 3,041 | #322 (1946) | #361 |
| 1950s | 2,952 | #297 (1959) | #490 |
| 1960s | 3,779 | #308 (1960) | #444 |
| 1970s | 608 | #727 (1970) | #1,231 |
| 1980s | 314 | #1,524 (1980) | #1,937 |
| 1990s | 204 | #2,670 (1992) | #3,569 |
| 2000s | 156 | #3,842 (2001) | #5,461 |
| 2010s | 79 | #6,036 (2010) | #8,566 |
| 2020s | 22 | #8,312 (2024) | #9,792 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ed in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 82,688 of them was named Ed, which outranked 57.5% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,289Willow15
- #2,289Wyoma15
- #2,289Zuma15
- #2,376Ed14
- #2,376Adelaida14
- #2,376Aina14
- #2,376Aldena14
- #2,519Adabelle13
- #2,519Aleatha13
- #2,519Alleene13
Tied with 142 names at #2,376; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 3,043 of them was named Ed, which outranked 93.7% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).