Edd

Last seen for girls in 1930 at #3,658 · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1887 · 60 births
Debut · boys
52 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,438
since 1880

Edd over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Edd has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #198, 1887boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2006—#12,0555
2005—#10,1516
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2002—#8,4567
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1990—#8,1175
1989——
1988—#7,2705
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1986—#6,7215
1985—#6,5235
1984—#3,70111
1983—#6,2385
1982—#3,48212
1981—#4,1539
1980—#4,1349
1979—#3,16813
1978—#5,0596
1977—#5,1236
1976—#4,0128
1975—#3,9418
1974—#3,12011
1973—#2,85712
1972—#3,3449
1971—#2,97311
1970—#2,50914
1969—#1,97718
1968—#2,20014
1967—#2,03015
1966—#1,61323
1965—#2,27013
1964—#1,97517
1963—#2,11515
1962—#1,66923
1961—#1,68623
1960—#1,48629
1959—#1,18243
1958—#1,18642
1957—#1,63424
1956—#1,38531
1955—#1,41929
1954—#1,26835
1953—#1,59223
1952—#1,43028
1951—#1,29532
1950—#1,08642
1949—#99749
1948—#92356
1947—#91658
1946—#77773
1945—#73669
1944—#79762
1943—#95649
1942—#94749
1941—#90549
1940—#75866
1939—#74565
1938—#80859
1937—#80359
1936—#85351
1935—#64784
1934—#64287
1933—#71072
1932—#70876
1931—#66780
1930#3,6587#584105
1929—#70178
1928—#71379
1927—#64995
1926—#627100
1925—#577116
1924—#67792
1923—#600111
1922—#566126
1921—#586117
1920—#568120
1919#4,2516#464163
1918—#564115
1917—#566108
1916—#555106
1915—#562101
1914—#50892
1913—#53964
1912—#50063
1911—#44643
1910—#48033
1909—#38839
1908—#32647
1907—#33141
1906—#28649
1905—#30643
1904—#32837
1903—#28244
1902—#27248
1901—#28437
1900—#26261
1899—#26641
1898—#26346
1897—#25347
1896—#29639
1895—#27641
1894—#21860
1893—#22656
1892—#21765
1891—#21953
1890—#21062
1889—#22352
1888—#21468
1887—#19860
1886—#21362
1885—#23051
1884—#24050
1883—#24543
1882—#20363
1881—#24440
1880—#22552
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Edd was already there! It came in at #225, and was given to 52 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1985–2001, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Edd is popular in 1937

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #478 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,009 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedLAMississippi: #320 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,958 boysMSAlabama: #456 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,536 boysALGeorgia: #270 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,646 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedHITexas: #515 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,164 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Edd, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#270 · 1 in 2,646
  2. Mississippi#320 · 1 in 2,958
  3. Alabama#456 · 1 in 5,536
  4. North Carolina#478 · 1 in 7,009
  5. Texas#515 · 1 in 5,164

Best ever in a state: #133 in Kentucky, 1919.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#270111 in 2,646
Mississippi#32071 in 2,958
Alabama#45651 in 5,536
North Carolina#47851 in 7,009
Texas#515111 in 5,164
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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 Edd
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
  • Biggest jump: 159 spots in 1944 (#956 → #797)
  • Biggest drop: 206 spots in 1936 (#647 → #853)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1887 at #198 (60 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 65 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 70 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1880–1949
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,690
  • Highest: 1 in 1,690 boys born in 1887 were named Edd (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 411,055 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.0% of all boys named Edd (1,034) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s541#198 (1887)#224
1890s510#210 (1890)#244
1900s446#262 (1900)#307
1910s888#446 (1911)#518
1920s1,034#566 (1922)#626
1930s738#584 (1930)#717
1940s580#736 (1945)#871
1950s329#1,086 (1950)#1,348
1960s190#1,486 (1960)#1,902
1970s98#2,509 (1970)#3,611
1980s61#3,482 (1982)#5,278
1990s5#8,117 (1990)#8,117
2000s18#8,456 (2002)#10,221

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.

Edd in 1937

boys
#803
59 births · 1 in 18,079 boys

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #803Edd59
More about 1937

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 18,079 of them was named Edd, which outranked 80.0% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edd
  1. #793Romeo60
  2. #793Seth60
  3. #793Theadore60
  4. #803Edd59
  5. #803Durwood59
  6. #803Junius59
  7. #803Lane59
  8. #807Benton58
  9. #807Claudie58
  10. #807Enoch58

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,923Tyrone#2,629 → #706
  2. ↑ 558Lamont#1,540 → #982
  3. ↑ 540Lary#1,540 → #1,000
  4. ↑ 416Errol#906 → #490
  5. ↑ 399Levon#1,356 → #957
Fallers
  1. ↓ 492Gaston#989 → #1,481
  2. ↓ 461Gorden#827 → #1,288
  3. ↓ 432Sergio#940 → #1,372
  4. ↓ 371Landon#422 → #793
  5. ↓ 347Harlen#747 → #1,094

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1937 →