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
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- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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 | |
First appearance
1880
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 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Oregon#159 · 1 in 976
- Montana#189 · 1 in 1,099
- South Dakota#206 · 1 in 1,551
- Michigan#210 · 1 in 1,942
- Washington#213 · 1 in 1,710
Best ever in a state: #38 in Mississippi, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #159 | 18 | 1 in 976 |
| Montana | #189 | 7 | 1 in 1,099 |
| South Dakota | #206 | 5 | 1 in 1,551 |
| Michigan | #210 | 48 | 1 in 1,942 |
| Washington | #213 | 18 | 1 in 1,710 |
| Ohio | #228 | 46 | 1 in 2,425 |
| Colorado | #230 | 12 | 1 in 1,832 |
| Pennsylvania | #230 | 42 | 1 in 2,812 |
| Wisconsin | #234 | 15 | 1 in 3,160 |
| New Jersey | #251 | 21 | 1 in 3,005 |
| Nebraska | #262 | 6 | 1 in 2,692 |
| Massachusetts | #268 | 10 | 1 in 5,737 |
| West Virginia | #270 | 6 | 1 in 3,136 |
| California | #272 | 83 | 1 in 2,277 |
| Indiana | #272 | 18 | 1 in 3,010 |
| Illinois | #297 | 34 | 1 in 3,350 |
| Missouri | #302 | 14 | 1 in 3,457 |
| Kansas | #306 | 7 | 1 in 3,200 |
| Mississippi | #311 | 10 | 1 in 2,702 |
| Arizona | #320 | 7 | 1 in 2,421 |
| Florida | #329 | 17 | 1 in 3,234 |
| Minnesota | #338 | 6 | 1 in 6,874 |
| Oklahoma | #347 | 6 | 1 in 3,923 |
| New York | #353 | 36 | 1 in 4,987 |
| Virginia | #390 | 8 | 1 in 5,412 |
| Alabama | #396 | 8 | 1 in 4,682 |
| Tennessee | #403 | 6 | 1 in 6,570 |
| Kentucky | #417 | 5 | 1 in 6,898 |
| Louisiana | #455 | 8 | 1 in 5,157 |
| Georgia | #463 | 7 | 1 in 6,833 |
| North Carolina | #497 | 6 | 1 in 8,807 |
| Texas | #502 | 21 | 1 in 5,696 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 94 spots in 1957 (#463 → #369)
- Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1972 (#791 → #921)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #54 (337 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 20 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1880–1898
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
Share of babies · boys
1 in 329
- 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
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 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 1961
boys
#320
603 births · 1 in 3,523 boys
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 3,523 of them was named Ed, which outranked 93.1% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).