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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #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 1911

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Edward, so not publishedAKMaine: #10 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 41 boysMEVermont: #8 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 30 boysVTNew Hampshire: #5 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 21 boysNHWashington: #9 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 41 boysWAIdaho: #7 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 27 boysIDMontana: #7 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 22 boysMTNorth Dakota: #6 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 32 boysNDMinnesota: #10 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 49 boysMNIllinois: #7 for boys · 292 births · 1 in 31 boysILWisconsin: #2 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 27 boysWIMichigan: #7 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 35 boysMINew York: #8 for boys · 646 births · 1 in 37 boysNYMassachusetts: #6 for boys · 318 births · 1 in 29 boysMARhode Island: #6 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 23 boysRIOregon: #10 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 34 boysORNevada: #5 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Edward, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #5 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 32 boysSDIowa: #16 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 67 boysIAIndiana: #14 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 62 boysINOhio: #8 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 39 boysOHPennsylvania: #9 for boys · 451 births · 1 in 40 boysPANew Jersey: #7 for boys · 192 births · 1 in 29 boysNJConnecticut: #5 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 24 boysCTCalifornia: #10 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 49 boysCAUtah: #9 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 32 boysUTColorado: #10 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 47 boysCONebraska: #6 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 33 boysNEMissouri: #9 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 57 boysMOKentucky: #11 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 67 boysKYWest Virginia: #10 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 61 boysWVVirginia: #11 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 61 boysVAMaryland: #9 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 40 boysMDDelaware: #6 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 15 boysDEArizona: #14 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 38 boysAZNew Mexico: #28 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 97 boysNMKansas: #18 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 72 boysKSArkansas: #28 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 112 boysARTennessee: #15 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 81 boysTNNorth Carolina: #19 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 116 boysNCSouth Carolina: #19 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 92 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #8 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 28 boysDCOklahoma: #34 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 133 boysOKLouisiana: #10 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 50 boysLAMississippi: #16 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 88 boysMSAlabama: #16 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 92 boysALGeorgia: #16 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 96 boysGAHawaii: #8 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 25 boysHITexas: #18 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 102 boysTXFlorida: #14 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 64 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#2 · 1 in 27
  2. Nevada#5 · 1 in 7
  3. New Hampshire#5 · 1 in 21
  4. Connecticut#5 · 1 in 24
  5. South Dakota#5 · 1 in 32

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#2991 in 27
Connecticut#51111 in 24
Nevada#551 in 7
New Hampshire#5351 in 21
South Dakota#5261 in 32
Delaware#6181 in 15
Massachusetts#63181 in 29
Nebraska#6501 in 33
North Dakota#6261 in 32
Rhode Island#6511 in 23
Idaho#7161 in 27
Illinois#72921 in 31
Michigan#71031 in 35
Montana#7241 in 22
New Jersey#71921 in 29
District of Columbia#8231 in 28
Hawaii#8101 in 25
New York#86461 in 37
Ohio#82021 in 39
Vermont#8171 in 30
Maryland#9661 in 40
Missouri#9931 in 57
Pennsylvania#94511 in 40
Utah#9171 in 32
Washington#9341 in 41
California#10691 in 49
Colorado#10281 in 47
Louisiana#10861 in 50
Maine#10341 in 41
Minnesota#10561 in 49
Oregon#10221 in 34
West Virginia#10401 in 61
Kentucky#11721 in 67
Virginia#11941 in 61
Arizona#14121 in 38
Florida#14381 in 64
Indiana#14551 in 62
Tennessee#15591 in 81
Alabama#16681 in 92
Georgia#16931 in 96
Iowa#16351 in 67
Mississippi#16641 in 88
Kansas#18331 in 72
Texas#18901 in 102
North Carolina#19611 in 116
South Carolina#19631 in 92
Arkansas#28311 in 112
New Mexico#2871 in 97
Oklahoma#34261 in 133
Alaska———
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 1911

girls
#1,450
11 births · 1 in 38,028 girls
boys
#9
4,164 births · 1 in 54 boys

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #1,450Edward11

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 38,028 of them was named Edward, which outranked 49.4% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #1,372Wanita12
  2. #1,372Zela12
  3. #1,372Zera12
  4. #1,450Edward11
  5. #1,450Ader11
  6. #1,450Aggie11
  7. #1,450Agusta11
  8. #1,545Adda10
  9. #1,545Algie10
  10. #1,545Alvis10

Tied with 94 names at #1,450; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,003Laurette#1,935 → #932
  2. ↑ 683Glenda#1,521 → #838
  3. ↑ 680Ana#1,421 → #741
  4. ↑ 623Vilma#1,521 → #898
  5. ↑ 523Emmaline#1,421 → #898
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,194Alys#997 → #2,191
  2. ↓ 959Leana#997 → #1,956
  3. ↓ 686Coletta#859 → #1,545
  4. ↓ 686Blossom#970 → #1,656
  5. ↓ 659Otis#997 → #1,656

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

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 54 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.5% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #6Joseph6,488
  2. #7Charles5,725
  3. #8Frank4,314
  4. #9Edward4,164
  5. #10Thomas3,292
  6. #11Henry3,167
  7. #12Walter3,074
Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 900Vincenzo#1,589 → #689
  2. ↑ 900Wyman#1,589 → #689
  3. ↑ 882Rodger#1,589 → #707
  4. ↑ 796Cedric#1,589 → #793
  5. ↑ 796Hughie#1,589 → #793
Fallers
  1. ↓ 881Bertha#859 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 881Arlo#859 → #1,740
  3. ↓ 831Shelton#556 → #1,387
  4. ↓ 812Guss#928 → #1,740
  5. ↓ 812Halley#928 → #1,740

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

See the top 100 for 1911 →