Edmund

Last seen for girls in 1979 at #10,210 · #1,081 for boys in 2025, 199 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1914 · 792 births
Debut · boys
67 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
52,083
since 1880

Edmund over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #130, 1914boys
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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—#1,081199
2024—#1,170178
2023—#1,098194
2022—#1,191168
2021—#1,152174
2020—#1,415122
2019—#1,193160
2018—#1,141168
2017—#1,156163
2016—#1,035192
2015—#1,111173
2014—#1,089176
2013—#1,180152
2012—#1,273138
2011—#1,468111
2010—#1,63995
2009—#1,367125
2008—#1,425118
2007—#1,57699
2006—#1,53697
2005—#1,431103
2004—#1,271118
2003—#1,233117
2002—#1,215113
2001—#1,185115
2000—#1,137122
1999—#1,068127
1998—#1,085119
1997—#922147
1996—#979128
1995—#1,034116
1994—#912143
1993—#936132
1992—#876145
1991—#867147
1990—#819155
1989—#787159
1988—#742162
1987—#665189
1986—#643194
1985—#672174
1984—#657172
1983—#637180
1982—#572225
1981—#530251
1980—#521269
1979#10,2105#454320
1978—#489271
1977—#493271
1976—#577198
1975—#559209
1974—#536223
1973—#528221
1972—#502245
1971—#479285
1970—#469298
1969—#434332
1968—#412350
1967—#397369
1966—#385394
1965—#372432
1964—#356484
1963—#358473
1962—#372469
1961—#346523
1960—#345509
1959—#336532
1958—#321573
1957—#287662
1956—#306591
1955—#295604
1954—#288607
1953—#281621
1952—#267659
1951—#270625
1950—#286553
1949—#280586
1948—#280576
1947—#268633
1946—#243637
1945—#273478
1944—#243555
1943—#219666
1942—#231602
1941—#224576
1940—#242498
1939—#247467
1938—#234513
1937—#226523
1936—#212554
1935—#212564
1934—#206600
1933—#207567
1932—#190691
1931—#184708
1930#4,5505#177808
1929#4,0536#171829
1928#4,7255#163911
1927#4,8055#160929
1926#3,8737#1561,012
1925—#1521,042
1924#4,0027#1481,115
1923—#1431,145
1922#5,0095#1531,014
1921—#1421,104
1920—#1381,104
1919#4,8145#1441,007
1918—#1401,099
1917#4,5945#1351,045
1916—#1341,032
1915—#136961
1914—#130792
1913—#131599
1912#2,9795#143452
1911—#142235
1910—#154200
1909—#166147
1908—#164141
1907—#167129
1906—#161122
1905—#176108
1904—#167109
1903—#166102
1902—#167104
1901—#16195
1900—#20294
1899—#16887
1898—#163101
1897—#16196
1896—#150110
1895—#17590
1894—#16096
1893—#18080
1892—#17093
1891—#20261
1890—#22454
1889—#15589
1888—#19776
1887—#19661
1886—#17380
1885—#19268
1884—#19172
1883—#18563
1882—#18671
1881—#18761
1880—#18767
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Edmund was already there! It came in at #187, and was given to 67 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 62 boys a year got the name.

Where Edmund is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Edmund
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 89 spots since 2024 (#1,170 → #1,081)
  • 334 spots since 2020 (#1,415 → #1,081)
  • 30 spots since 2015 (#1,111 → #1,081)
  • Biggest jump: 84 spots in 1977 (#577 → #493)
  • Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1998 (#922 → #1,085)
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1914 at #130 (792 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 52 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 117 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1880–1994
Share of babies · boys
1 in 827
  • Highest: 1 in 827 boys born in 1914 were named Edmund (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,583 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.6% of all boys named Edmund (10,205) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s708#155 (1889)#185
1890s868#150 (1896)#175
1900s1,151#161 (1906)#170
1910s7,422#130 (1914)#139
1920s10,205#138 (1920)#153
1930s5,995#177 (1930)#210
1940s5,807#219 (1943)#250
1950s6,027#267 (1952)#294
1960s4,335#345 (1960)#378
1970s2,541#454 (1979)#509
1980s1,975#521 (1980)#643
1990s1,359#819 (1990)#950
2000s1,127#1,137 (2000)#1,338
2010s1,528#1,035 (2016)#1,229
2020s1,035#1,081 (2025)#1,185

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.

Edmund in 1886

boys
#173
80 births · 1 in 1,385 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #173Edmund80
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 1,385 of them was named Edmund, which outranked 84.4% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edmund
  1. #168Owen83
  2. #171Ollie81
  3. #171Reuben81
  4. #173Edmund80
  5. #173Willard80
  6. #175Virgil79
  7. #176Nelson78
  8. #177Abraham77

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

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 505Thornton#936 → #431
  2. ↑ 485Oswald#936 → #451
  3. ↑ 445Evans#936 → #491
  4. ↑ 396Grace#936 → #540
  5. ↑ 385Abel#836 → #451
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Adelbert#462 → #959
  2. ↓ 438Carey#521 → #959
  3. ↓ 412Santiago#547 → #959
  4. ↓ 382Brooks#577 → #959
  5. ↓ 355Alma#604 → #959

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

See the top 100 for 1886 →