Edward
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #224 for boys in 2025, 1,591 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1921 · 20,817 births
- Debut · boys
- 2,364 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 118 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,303,594since 1880
Edward 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 | — | #224 | 1,591 | |
| 2024 | — | #228 | 1,589 | |
| 2023 | — | #213 | 1,737 | |
| 2022 | — | #216 | 1,752 | |
| 2021 | — | #218 | 1,749 | |
| 2020 | — | #195 | 1,952 | |
| 2019 | — | #192 | 2,054 | |
| 2018 | — | #170 | 2,286 | |
| 2017 | — | #169 | 2,328 | |
| 2016 | — | #162 | 2,518 | |
| 2015 | — | #158 | 2,602 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #162 | 2,591 |
| 2013 | — | #145 | 2,711 | |
| 2012 | — | #157 | 2,597 | |
| 2011 | — | #148 | 2,671 | |
| 2010 | — | #136 | 2,905 | |
| 2009 | — | #137 | 2,988 | |
| 2008 | — | #148 | 2,796 | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #145 | 2,828 |
| 2006 | — | #141 | 2,871 | |
| 2005 | — | #134 | 2,975 | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #129 | 3,156 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #130 | 3,114 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #119 | 3,244 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #113 | 3,376 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #108 | 3,485 |
| 1999 | — | #103 | 3,597 | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #105 | 3,575 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #100 | 3,915 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #96 | 4,073 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #88 | 4,143 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #84 | 4,520 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #78 | 4,790 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | #70 | 5,233 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | #68 | 5,572 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 | #68 | 5,746 |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 | #62 | 5,849 |
| 1988 | #2,646 | 40 | #62 | 5,801 |
| 1987 | #2,531 | 40 | #61 | 5,913 |
| 1986 | #2,470 | 40 | #61 | 5,777 |
| 1985 | #2,283 | 44 | #59 | 5,869 |
| 1984 | #2,266 | 43 | #58 | 5,914 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 | #55 | 6,005 |
| 1982 | #1,991 | 52 | #53 | 6,281 |
| 1981 | #2,195 | 46 | #51 | 6,661 |
| 1980 | #1,785 | 61 | #52 | 6,762 |
| 1979 | #1,678 | 66 | #48 | 6,877 |
| 1978 | #1,862 | 53 | #47 | 6,473 |
| 1977 | #2,063 | 46 | #47 | 6,840 |
| 1976 | #1,840 | 50 | #45 | 7,048 |
| 1975 | #1,672 | 57 | #41 | 7,381 |
| 1974 | #1,630 | 57 | #40 | 7,817 |
| 1973 | #1,570 | 59 | #39 | 8,360 |
| 1972 | #1,303 | 78 | #34 | 9,292 |
| 1971 | #1,488 | 68 | #32 | 11,062 |
| 1970 | #1,562 | 62 | #31 | 12,275 |
| 1969 | #1,385 | 69 | #32 | 12,451 |
| 1968 | #1,347 | 68 | #31 | 12,276 |
| 1967 | #1,416 | 61 | #31 | 12,652 |
| 1966 | #1,385 | 63 | #30 | 13,279 |
| 1965 | #1,168 | 84 | #29 | 14,404 |
| 1964 | #1,443 | 61 | #27 | 15,609 |
| 1963 | #1,372 | 65 | #27 | 15,323 |
| 1962 | #1,350 | 67 | #29 | 15,518 |
| 1961 | #1,354 | 68 | #29 | 15,877 |
| 1960 | #1,312 | 70 | #26 | 16,595 |
| 1959 | #1,348 | 63 | #27 | 16,914 |
| 1958 | #1,310 | 65 | #28 | 17,377 |
| 1957 | #1,398 | 57 | #25 | 18,711 |
| 1956 | #1,241 | 70 | #25 | 19,436 |
| 1955 | #1,404 | 51 | #25 | 19,280 |
| 1954 | #1,518 | 44 | #22 | 19,493 |
| 1953 | #1,389 | 49 | #23 | 18,984 |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 54 | #23 | 19,501 |
| 1951 | #1,434 | 43 | #23 | 19,913 |
| 1950 | #1,183 | 61 | #22 | 18,714 |
| 1949 | #1,289 | 50 | #21 | 19,174 |
| 1948 | #1,285 | 51 | #19 | 18,983 |
| 1947 | #1,217 | 55 | #19 | 20,539 |
| 1946 | #1,192 | 52 | #19 | 18,585 |
| 1945 | #1,187 | 44 | #18 | 15,870 |
| 1944 | #1,115 | 49 | #18 | 16,482 |
| 1943 | #1,077 | 55 | #18 | 17,713 |
| 1942 | #936 | 70 | #17 | 17,470 |
| 1941 | #1,065 | 47 | #17 | 15,580 |
| 1940 | #1,080 | 45 | #16 | 14,405 |
| 1939 | #996 | 50 | #15 | 14,427 |
| 1938 | #944 | 57 | #13 | 14,551 |
| 1937 | #896 | 59 | #13 | 14,930 |
| 1936 | #847 | 64 | #13 | 14,194 |
| 1935 | #823 | 69 | #13 | 13,844 |
| 1934 | #839 | 66 | #13 | 13,917 |
| 1933 | #865 | 60 | #11 | 13,797 |
| 1932 | #724 | 86 | #11 | 15,191 |
| 1931 | #662 | 101 | #11 | 15,646 |
| 1930 | #679 | 102 | #10 | 17,352 |
| 1929 | #593 | 132 | #10 | 17,220 |
| 1928 | #600 | 138 | #10 | 18,492 |
| 1927 | #683 | 112 | #10 | 19,115 |
| 1926 | #686 | 113 | #10 | 19,375 |
| 1925 | #715 | 106 | #9 | 20,090 |
| 1924 | #756 | 97 | #9 | 21,126 |
| 1923 | #825 | 79 | #8 | 20,597 |
| 1922 | #760 | 93 | #8 | 20,419 |
| 1921 | #823 | 80 | #8 | 20,817 |
| 1920 | #908 | 64 | #8 | 20,097 |
| 1919 | #870 | 65 | #8 | 18,536 |
| 1918 | #900 | 63 | #8 | 19,489 |
| 1917 | #888 | 61 | #8 | 17,501 |
| 1916 | #1,059 | 43 | #8 | 17,005 |
| 1915 | #900 | 53 | #8 | 15,889 |
| 1914 | #850 | 48 | #8 | 12,319 |
| 1913 | #810 | 42 | #8 | 9,474 |
| 1912 | #978 | 27 | #8 | 7,936 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | #9 | 4,164 |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 | #9 | 3,407 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | #9 | 2,935 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #9 | 2,707 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #9 | 2,576 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | #9 | 2,398 |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | #9 | 2,366 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #9 | 2,335 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | #9 | 2,268 |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 | #9 | 2,294 |
| 1901 | — | #9 | 1,917 | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | #9 | 2,720 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | #9 | 1,901 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | #9 | 2,337 |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | #9 | 2,121 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | #9 | 2,296 |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 | #10 | 2,203 |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | #11 | 2,179 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | #9 | 2,309 |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 | #11 | 2,416 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | #11 | 1,989 |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 | #11 | 2,282 |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | #10 | 2,299 |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 | #11 | 2,470 |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 | #10 | 2,125 |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 | #11 | 2,312 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | #11 | 2,220 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | #11 | 2,439 |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | #11 | 2,250 |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | #11 | 2,477 |
| 1881 | — | #10 | 2,177 | |
| 1880 | — | #11 | 2,364 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Edward was already there! It came in at #11, and was given to 2,364 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2017–2025, when fewer than 2,400 boys a year got the name.
Where Edward is popular in 1886
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Edward
- 4 spots since 2024 (#228 → #224)
- 29 spots since 2020 (#195 → #224)
- 66 spots since 2015 (#158 → #224)
- Biggest jump: 12 spots in 2013 (#157 → #145)
- Biggest drop: 23 spots in 2021 (#195 → #218)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1921 at #8 (20,817 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 51 yrs later
- Top 10: 40 yrs · run 1895–1930
- Top 100: 118 yrs · run 1880–1997
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 46 boys born in 1882 were named Edward (2.2%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,074 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
- Its best rank, #8 in 1921, was only 1 in 53 (1.9%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.1% of all boys named Edward (197,348) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23,133 | #10 (1889) | #11 |
| 1890s | 22,033 | #9 (1898) | #10 |
| 1900s | 24,516 | #9 (1909) | #9 |
| 1910s | 125,720 | #8 (1918) | #8 |
| 1920s | 197,348 | #8 (1921) | #9 |
| 1930s | 147,849 | #10 (1930) | #12 |
| 1940s | 174,801 | #16 (1940) | #18 |
| 1950s | 188,323 | #22 (1954) | #24 |
| 1960s | 143,984 | #26 (1960) | #29 |
| 1970s | 83,425 | #31 (1970) | #40 |
| 1980s | 60,832 | #51 (1981) | #57 |
| 1990s | 45,164 | #68 (1990) | #86 |
| 2000s | 30,833 | #108 (2000) | #130 |
| 2010s | 25,263 | #136 (2010) | #160 |
| 2020s | 10,370 | #195 (2020) | #216 |
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.
Edward in 1886
Top girls' names in 1886
Top boys' names in 1886
More about 1886
girls
144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 13,139 of them was named Edward, which outranked 45.9% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 48 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.0% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.