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

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Peak · boys
#8
1921 · 20,817 births
Debut · boys
1880
2,364 births
In top 100 · boys
118 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,303,594
since 1880

Edward over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #8, 1921boys
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2241,591
2024—#2281,589
2023—#2131,737
2022—#2161,752
2021—#2181,749
2020—#1951,952
2019—#1922,054
2018—#1702,286
2017—#1692,328
2016—#1622,518
2015—#1582,602
2014#16,5135#1622,591
2013—#1452,711
2012—#1572,597
2011—#1482,671
2010—#1362,905
2009—#1372,988
2008—#1482,796
2007#13,9247#1452,828
2006—#1412,871
2005—#1342,975
2004#9,89210#1293,156
2003#15,7845#1303,114
2002#13,5956#1193,244
2001#11,0208#1133,376
2000#8,53411#1083,485
1999—#1033,597
1998#10,1228#1053,575
1997#13,7245#1003,915
1996#8,13210#964,073
1995#8,7669#884,143
1994#5,24918#844,520
1993#5,20618#784,790
1992#5,26718#705,233
1991#5,00419#685,572
1990#4,86819#685,746
1989#3,89325#625,849
1988#2,64640#625,801
1987#2,53140#615,913
1986#2,47040#615,777
1985#2,28344#595,869
1984#2,26643#585,914
1983#2,65933#556,005
1982#1,99152#536,281
1981#2,19546#516,661
1980#1,78561#526,762
1979#1,67866#486,877
1978#1,86253#476,473
1977#2,06346#476,840
1976#1,84050#457,048
1975#1,67257#417,381
1974#1,63057#407,817
1973#1,57059#398,360
1972#1,30378#349,292
1971#1,48868#3211,062
1970#1,56262#3112,275
1969#1,38569#3212,451
1968#1,34768#3112,276
1967#1,41661#3112,652
1966#1,38563#3013,279
1965#1,16884#2914,404
1964#1,44361#2715,609
1963#1,37265#2715,323
1962#1,35067#2915,518
1961#1,35468#2915,877
1960#1,31270#2616,595
1959#1,34863#2716,914
1958#1,31065#2817,377
1957#1,39857#2518,711
1956#1,24170#2519,436
1955#1,40451#2519,280
1954#1,51844#2219,493
1953#1,38949#2318,984
1952#1,29754#2319,501
1951#1,43443#2319,913
1950#1,18361#2218,714
1949#1,28950#2119,174
1948#1,28551#1918,983
1947#1,21755#1920,539
1946#1,19252#1918,585
1945#1,18744#1815,870
1944#1,11549#1816,482
1943#1,07755#1817,713
1942#93670#1717,470
1941#1,06547#1715,580
1940#1,08045#1614,405
1939#99650#1514,427
1938#94457#1314,551
1937#89659#1314,930
1936#84764#1314,194
1935#82369#1313,844
1934#83966#1313,917
1933#86560#1113,797
1932#72486#1115,191
1931#662101#1115,646
1930#679102#1017,352
1929#593132#1017,220
1928#600138#1018,492
1927#683112#1019,115
1926#686113#1019,375
1925#715106#920,090
1924#75697#921,126
1923#82579#820,597
1922#76093#820,419
1921#82380#820,817
1920#90864#820,097
1919#87065#818,536
1918#90063#819,489
1917#88861#817,501
1916#1,05943#817,005
1915#90053#815,889
1914#85048#812,319
1913#81042#89,474
1912#97827#87,936
1911#1,45011#94,164
1910#1,03018#93,407
1909#1,21912#92,935
1908#1,6767#92,707
1907#1,3849#92,576
1906#1,3219#92,398
1905#1,16211#92,366
1904#1,4867#92,335
1903#1,13710#92,268
1902#1,02412#92,294
1901—#91,917
1900#1,4318#92,720
1899#1,0999#91,901
1898#1,1719#92,337
1897#1,03710#92,121
1896#1,1229#92,296
1895#89313#102,203
1894#85013#112,179
1893#95510#92,309
1892#1,0179#112,416
1891#1,2136#111,989
1890#75813#112,282
1889#75712#102,299
1888#8949#112,470
1887#69311#102,125
1886#69311#112,312
1885#1,0475#112,220
1884#7319#112,439
1883#7547#112,250
1882#9085#112,477
1881—#102,177
1880—#112,364
First appearance
1880

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 1910

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #5 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9 boysAKMaine: #7 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 32 boysMEVermont: #2 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 18 boysVTNew Hampshire: #4 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 20 boysNHWashington: #7 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 33 boysWAIdaho: #10 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 33 boysIDMontana: #6 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 31 boysMTNorth Dakota: #11 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 51 boysNDMinnesota: #11 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 45 boysMNIllinois: #8 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 32 boysILWisconsin: #4 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 32 boysWIMichigan: #6 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 31 boysMINew York: #7 for boys · 500 births · 1 in 31 boysNYMassachusetts: #5 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 27 boysMARhode Island: #7 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 26 boysRIOregon: #8 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 34 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Edward, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Edward, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #9 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 36 boysSDIowa: #13 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 60 boysIAIndiana: #9 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 49 boysINOhio: #9 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 40 boysOHPennsylvania: #9 for boys · 350 births · 1 in 39 boysPANew Jersey: #8 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 29 boysNJConnecticut: #4 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 21 boysCTCalifornia: #9 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 40 boysCAUtah: #14 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 40 boysUTColorado: #11 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 47 boysCONebraska: #11 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 55 boysNEMissouri: #9 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 57 boysMOKentucky: #13 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 73 boysKYWest Virginia: #10 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 53 boysWVVirginia: #8 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 47 boysVAMaryland: #9 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 38 boysMDDelaware: #11 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 34 boysDEArizona: #14 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 44 boysAZNew Mexico: #21 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 77 boysNMKansas: #28 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 91 boysKSArkansas: #20 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 103 boysARTennessee: #16 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 86 boysTNNorth Carolina: #16 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 91 boysNCSouth Carolina: #12 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 67 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #8 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 30 boysDCOklahoma: #17 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 75 boysOKLouisiana: #15 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 68 boysLAMississippi: #22 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 117 boysMSAlabama: #19 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 101 boysALGeorgia: #22 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 115 boysGAHawaii: #14 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 29 boysHITexas: #18 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 96 boysTXFlorida: #20 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 92 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Vermont#2 · 1 in 18
  2. New Hampshire#4 · 1 in 20
  3. Connecticut#4 · 1 in 21
  4. Wisconsin#4 · 1 in 32
  5. Alaska#5 · 1 in 9

Best ever in a state: #2 in Vermont, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#2151 in 18
Connecticut#4631 in 21
New Hampshire#4151 in 20
Wisconsin#4741 in 32
Alaska#551 in 9
Massachusetts#51771 in 27
Michigan#61111 in 31
Montana#6141 in 31
Maine#7211 in 32
New York#75001 in 31
Rhode Island#7211 in 26
Washington#7371 in 33
District of Columbia#8211 in 30
Illinois#82581 in 32
New Jersey#81251 in 29
Oregon#8171 in 34
Virginia#81091 in 47
California#9801 in 40
Indiana#9571 in 49
Maryland#9591 in 38
Missouri#9881 in 57
Ohio#91551 in 40
Pennsylvania#93501 in 39
South Dakota#9171 in 36
Idaho#10101 in 33
West Virginia#10381 in 53
Colorado#11241 in 47
Delaware#1161 in 34
Minnesota#11521 in 45
Nebraska#11261 in 55
North Dakota#11161 in 51
South Carolina#12841 in 67
Iowa#13361 in 60
Kentucky#13631 in 73
Arizona#14111 in 44
Hawaii#1471 in 29
Utah#14111 in 40
Louisiana#15711 in 68
North Carolina#16711 in 91
Tennessee#16561 in 86
Oklahoma#17431 in 75
Texas#18951 in 96
Alabama#19651 in 101
Arkansas#20341 in 103
Florida#20281 in 92
New Mexico#2191 in 77
Georgia#22781 in 115
Mississippi#22551 in 117
Kansas#28241 in 91
Nevada———
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 Edward
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1921 at #8 (20,817 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 51 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 40 yrs
  • Top 10: 40 yrs · run 1895–1930
  • Top 100: 118 yrs · run 1880–1997
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 46
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.1% of all boys named Edward (197,348) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23,133#10 (1889)#11
1890s22,033#9 (1898)#10
1900s24,516#9 (1909)#9
1910s125,720#8 (1918)#8
1920s197,348#8 (1921)#9
1930s147,849#10 (1930)#12
1940s174,801#16 (1940)#18
1950s188,323#22 (1954)#24
1960s143,984#26 (1960)#29
1970s83,425#31 (1970)#40
1980s60,832#51 (1981)#57
1990s45,164#68 (1990)#86
2000s30,833#108 (2000)#130
2010s25,263#136 (2010)#160
2020s10,370#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 1910

girls
#1,030
18 births · 1 in 22,028 girls
boys
#9
3,407 births · 1 in 57 boys

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #1,030Edward18

Top boys' names in 1910

  1. #1John11,450
  2. #2James9,194
  3. #3William8,844
  4. #4Robert5,609
  5. #5George5,441
  6. #6Joseph5,228
  7. #7Charles4,784
  8. #8Frank3,768
  9. #9Edward3,407
  10. #10Henry2,899
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 22,028 of them was named Edward, which outranked 63.1% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #997Tressa19
  2. #997Venita19
  3. #997Zenobia19
  4. #1,030Edward18
  5. #1,030Arrie18
  6. #1,030Astrid18
  7. #1,030Bernetta18
  8. #1,069Aimee17
  9. #1,069Alease17
  10. #1,069Alline17

Tied with 38 names at #1,030; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Alys#1,957 → #997
  2. ↑ 849Lannie#1,763 → #914
  3. ↑ 766Luz#1,763 → #997
  4. ↑ 762Vivien#1,607 → #845
  5. ↑ 693Buna#1,607 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 864Earl#909 → #1,773
  2. ↓ 864Fleta#909 → #1,773
  3. ↓ 783Elba#990 → #1,773
  4. ↓ 644Odile#990 → #1,634
  5. ↓ 576Claribel#845 → #1,421

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

boys

194,208 boys got a published name in 1910; 1 in 57 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.5% of the 1,839 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #6Joseph5,228
  2. #7Charles4,784
  3. #8Frank3,768
  4. #9Edward3,407
  5. #10Henry2,899
  6. #11Willie2,897
  7. #12Thomas2,851
Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 711Emma#1,440 → #729
  2. ↑ 679Arturo#1,277 → #598
  3. ↑ 679Sammy#1,277 → #598
  4. ↑ 658Tracy#1,440 → #782
  5. ↑ 623Issac#1,277 → #654
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Hadley#756 → #1,589
  2. ↓ 785Cedric#804 → #1,589
  3. ↓ 707Waymon#714 → #1,421
  4. ↓ 696Hughie#893 → #1,589
  5. ↓ 696Maceo#893 → #1,589

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

See the top 100 for 1910 →