Eden

#70 for girls in 2025, 3,362 births · #544 for boys in 2025, 551 births
Given to girls 82.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 3,362 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
3 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
52,434
since 1943

Eden over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987girlsat peakboysat peak
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#703,362#544551
2024#713,136#466663
2023#772,960#439709
2022#1162,397#408787
2021#1212,319#497591
2020#1292,039#491596
2019#1451,965#468635
2018#1461,917#488597
2017#1392,096#491590
2016#1482,090#520569
2015#1562,069#505573
2014#1502,138#600450
2013#1582,044#641383
2012#1611,937#677349
2011#1811,730#828262
2010#1791,725#910222
2009#2061,571#898231
2008#2291,483#894233
2007#2551,366#1,021186
2006#3181,029#1,049171
2005#3231,001#1,182135
2004#340941#1,128140
2003#342904#1,269112
2002#364823#1,40693
2001#394739#1,57276
2000#521505#1,68168
1999#516494#1,69262
1998#564435#1,87152
1997#637351#1,99145
1996#630355#2,01743
1995#657325#1,80148
1994#696301#2,25935
1993#685319#2,05039
1992#697310#1,91442
1991#721289#2,05236
1990#696305#2,21432
1989#670303#2,35928
1988#685280#2,50923
1987#854200#2,46822
1986#958164#2,68419
1985#1,276105#1,91630
1984#1,96152#1,93328
1983#1,85856#2,78716
1982#1,65369#2,16624
1981#1,59673#2,77916
1980#1,80560#3,09814
1979#1,89755#2,15723
1978#1,74659#3,07013
1977#1,59667#3,20312
1976#1,39776#3,26411
1975#1,57163#2,75114
1974#1,44869#3,31810
1973#1,66654#3,01311
1972#1,59457#2,65913
1971#1,26687#4,3756
1970#1,25988#3,5218
1969#1,33872#2,13016
1968#1,26775#2,57611
1967#1,82141#3,2317
1966#1,48855#2,32712
1965#1,85438#2,7809
1964#1,74744#2,8549
1963#2,21129#2,30013
1962#2,46324#2,67310
1961#1,64047#2,70610
1960#2,36925#2,8719
1959#2,19127#3,2907
1958#2,37623#3,0338
1957#2,48621#2,8229
1956#2,38922#3,2167
1955#2,47220#3,5056
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1943#4,6915#2,7328
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First appearance
1943

The first year at least five girls were named Eden! It came in at #4,691, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1943–1945, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Eden is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,286 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,516 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedWIMichigan: #883 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,662 girlsMINew York: #1,293 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 13,983 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedIAIndiana: #653 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,423 girlsINOhio: #688 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,523 girlsOHPennsylvania: #788 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,652 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #772 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 6,519 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedWVVirginia: #481 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,860 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedNMKansas: #406 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,842 girlsKSArkansas: #330 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,043 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #495 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,634 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #258 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,140 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedALGeorgia: #591 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,899 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Eden, so not publishedHITexas: #1,062 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 10,739 girlsTXFlorida: #719 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,311 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#258 · 1 in 1,140
  2. Arkansas#330 · 1 in 2,043
  3. Kansas#406 · 1 in 2,842
  4. Virginia#481 · 1 in 3,860
  5. South Carolina#495 · 1 in 3,634

Best ever in a state: #16 in Wyoming, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#25851 in 1,140
Arkansas#33061 in 2,043
Kansas#40651 in 2,842
Virginia#48191 in 3,860
South Carolina#49551 in 3,634
Georgia#59181 in 4,899
Indiana#65351 in 6,423
Ohio#68891 in 7,523
Florida#719111 in 6,311
California#772331 in 6,519
Pennsylvania#78881 in 8,652
Michigan#88361 in 9,662
Texas#1,062121 in 10,739
Illinois#1,28651 in 14,516
New York#1,29381 in 13,983
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Eden
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#71 → #70)
  • 59 spots since 2020 (#129 → #70)
  • 86 spots since 2015 (#156 → #70)
  • Biggest jump: 318 spots in 1986 (#1,276 → #958)
  • Biggest drop: 26 spots in 1990 (#670 → #696)
Rise & fade · girls
82 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1943
  • Peaked 2025 at #70 (3,362 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 3 yrs · run 2023–2025
  • Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1986–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 478
  • Highest: 1 in 478 girls born in 2025 were named Eden (0.21%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 37.6% of all girls named Eden (19,711) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1950
  • Mostly boys until 1949, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s32#2,880 (1946)#3,894
1950s145#2,191 (1959)#3,291
1960s450#1,267 (1968)#1,820
1970s675#1,259 (1970)#1,544
1980s1,362#670 (1989)#1,332
1990s3,484#516 (1999)#650
2000s10,362#206 (2009)#329
2010s19,711#139 (2017)#156
2020s16,213#70 (2025)#97

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Eden in 1987

girls
#854
200 births · 1 in 8,693 girls
boys
#2,468
22 births · 1 in 84,863 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #854Eden200

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #2,468Eden22
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 8,693 of them was named Eden, which outranked 93.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eden
  1. #850Josie202
  2. #852Maira201
  3. #852Shawn201
  4. #854Eden200
  5. #854Ashlea200
  6. #854Candis200
  7. #854Vicky200
  8. #858Delia199
  9. #858Samatha199
  10. #860Latosha198

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

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

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

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 84,863 of them was named Eden, which outranked 69.7% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eden
  1. #2,400Westly23
  2. #2,400Wiliam23
  3. #2,400Yves23
  4. #2,468Eden22
  5. #2,468Akash22
  6. #2,468Anish22
  7. #2,468Arden22
  8. #2,559Abdulrahman21
  9. #2,559Adel21
  10. #2,559Aditya21

Tied with 90 names at #2,468; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Trevin#1,962 → #968
  2. ↑ 819Conner#1,617 → #798
  3. ↑ 593Mychal#1,363 → #770
  4. ↑ 503Jaren#1,457 → #954
  5. ↑ 457Corbin#1,049 → #592
Fallers
  1. ↓ 623Durell#816 → #1,439
  2. ↓ 336Jayce#694 → #1,030
  3. ↓ 267Rasheed#921 → #1,188
  4. ↓ 263Deshaun#971 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 260Britt#880 → #1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987 →