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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #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 1941

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #17 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 52 boysAKMaine: #21 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 92 boysMEVermont: #13 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 50 boysVTNew Hampshire: #14 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 56 boysNHWashington: #22 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 116 boysWAIdaho: #25 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 133 boysIDMontana: #20 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 85 boysMTNorth Dakota: #29 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 123 boysNDMinnesota: #27 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 127 boysMNIllinois: #16 for boys · 942 births · 1 in 68 boysILWisconsin: #22 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 106 boysWIMichigan: #18 for boys · 660 births · 1 in 76 boysMINew York: #11 for boys · 2,064 births · 1 in 49 boysNYMassachusetts: #10 for boys · 850 births · 1 in 39 boysMARhode Island: #8 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 34 boysRIOregon: #23 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 113 boysORNevada: #25 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 77 boysNVWyoming: #23 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 92 boysWYSouth Dakota: #23 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 120 boysSDIowa: #21 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 127 boysIAIndiana: #22 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 100 boysINOhio: #19 for boys · 739 births · 1 in 80 boysOHPennsylvania: #11 for boys · 1,793 births · 1 in 45 boysPANew Jersey: #9 for boys · 777 births · 1 in 39 boysNJConnecticut: #9 for boys · 333 births · 1 in 39 boysCTCalifornia: #20 for boys · 661 births · 1 in 89 boysCAUtah: #35 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 142 boysUTColorado: #22 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 99 boysCONebraska: #18 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 101 boysNEMissouri: #19 for boys · 310 births · 1 in 100 boysMOKentucky: #22 for boys · 260 births · 1 in 109 boysKYWest Virginia: #19 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 98 boysWVVirginia: #12 for boys · 333 births · 1 in 77 boysVAMaryland: #13 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 50 boysMDDelaware: #13 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 44 boysDEArizona: #12 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 65 boysAZNew Mexico: #31 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 128 boysNMKansas: #23 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 127 boysKSArkansas: #26 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 135 boysARTennessee: #22 for boys · 265 births · 1 in 112 boysTNNorth Carolina: #22 for boys · 342 births · 1 in 113 boysNCSouth Carolina: #15 for boys · 254 births · 1 in 86 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #15 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 65 boysDCOklahoma: #34 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 147 boysOKLouisiana: #13 for boys · 321 births · 1 in 76 boysLAMississippi: #18 for boys · 223 births · 1 in 99 boysMSAlabama: #16 for boys · 351 births · 1 in 84 boysALGeorgia: #23 for boys · 273 births · 1 in 119 boysGAHawaii: #15 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 60 boysHITexas: #25 for boys · 484 births · 1 in 137 boysTXFlorida: #14 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 91 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#8 · 1 in 34
  2. Connecticut#9 · 1 in 39
  3. New Jersey#9 · 1 in 39
  4. Massachusetts#10 · 1 in 39
  5. Pennsylvania#11 · 1 in 45

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#81451 in 34
Connecticut#93331 in 39
New Jersey#97771 in 39
Massachusetts#108501 in 39
New York#112,0641 in 49
Pennsylvania#111,7931 in 45
Arizona#12801 in 65
Virginia#123331 in 77
Delaware#13441 in 44
Louisiana#133211 in 76
Maryland#133021 in 50
Vermont#13531 in 50
Florida#141821 in 91
New Hampshire#14641 in 56
District of Columbia#151161 in 65
Hawaii#15651 in 60
South Carolina#152541 in 86
Alabama#163511 in 84
Illinois#169421 in 68
Alaska#17101 in 52
Michigan#186601 in 76
Mississippi#182231 in 99
Nebraska#18991 in 101
Missouri#193101 in 100
Ohio#197391 in 80
West Virginia#192031 in 98
California#206611 in 89
Montana#20561 in 85
Iowa#211701 in 127
Maine#21741 in 92
Colorado#22991 in 99
Indiana#223001 in 100
Kentucky#222601 in 109
North Carolina#223421 in 113
Tennessee#222651 in 112
Washington#221191 in 116
Wisconsin#222501 in 106
Georgia#232731 in 119
Kansas#231071 in 127
Oregon#23741 in 113
South Dakota#23431 in 120
Wyoming#23211 in 92
Idaho#25361 in 133
Nevada#2591 in 77
Texas#254841 in 137
Arkansas#261471 in 135
Minnesota#271951 in 127
North Dakota#29461 in 123
New Mexico#31471 in 128
Oklahoma#341481 in 147
Utah#35411 in 142

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 1941

girls
#1,065
47 births · 1 in 25,705 girls
boys
#17
15,580 births · 1 in 79 boys

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #1,065Edward47

Top boys' names in 1941

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #17Edward15,580
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 25,705 of them was named Edward, which outranked 79.1% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #1,052Savannah48
  2. #1,052Sharleen48
  3. #1,052Sheron48
  4. #1,065Edward47
  5. #1,065Aloma47
  6. #1,065Augustine47
  7. #1,065Burma47
  8. #1,087Alda46
  9. #1,087Amalia46
  10. #1,087Annis46

Tied with 21 names at #1,065; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,130Jerilyn#2,737 → #607
  2. ↑ 1,258Trina#2,109 → #851
  3. ↑ 372Karan#1,347 → #975
  4. ↑ 371Kristine#1,313 → #942
  5. ↑ 356Sherri#1,186 → #830
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Kenneth#971 → #1,418
  2. ↓ 421Janna#997 → #1,418
  3. ↓ 366Beatriz#989 → #1,355
  4. ↓ 338Merna#997 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 337Eldora#957 → #1,294

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

boys

1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 79 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #14Jerry16,799
  2. #15Kenneth16,143
  3. #16Michael15,935
  4. #17Edward15,580
  5. #18Paul15,166
  6. #19Gary14,568
  7. #20Gerald10,942
Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 586Gay#1,573 → #987
  2. ↑ 375Issac#1,251 → #876
  3. ↑ 363Otho#1,334 → #971
  4. ↑ 338Lawrance#1,208 → #870
  5. ↑ 313Ford#1,251 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 508Wilkie#792 → #1,300
  2. ↓ 452Arlis#994 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 394Ruby#939 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 359Gonzalo#850 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 325Lenord#929 → #1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1941 →