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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #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 1945

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #14 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 39 boysAKMaine: #23 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 89 boysMEVermont: #17 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 63 boysVTNew Hampshire: #22 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 86 boysNHWashington: #30 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 130 boysWAIdaho: #43 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 185 boysIDMontana: #21 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 101 boysMTNorth Dakota: #36 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 163 boysNDMinnesota: #29 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 146 boysMNIllinois: #18 for boys · 906 births · 1 in 72 boysILWisconsin: #23 for boys · 245 births · 1 in 116 boysWIMichigan: #19 for boys · 646 births · 1 in 81 boysMINew York: #11 for boys · 2,137 births · 1 in 53 boysNYMassachusetts: #11 for boys · 805 births · 1 in 46 boysMARhode Island: #13 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 43 boysRIOregon: #32 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 141 boysORNevada: #19 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 73 boysNVWyoming: #19 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 79 boysWYSouth Dakota: #28 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 134 boysSDIowa: #25 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 134 boysIAIndiana: #25 for boys · 267 births · 1 in 119 boysINOhio: #20 for boys · 726 births · 1 in 87 boysOHPennsylvania: #12 for boys · 1,629 births · 1 in 50 boysPANew Jersey: #10 for boys · 853 births · 1 in 41 boysNJConnecticut: #9 for boys · 384 births · 1 in 40 boysCTCalifornia: #19 for boys · 896 births · 1 in 99 boysCAUtah: #52 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 222 boysUTColorado: #21 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 99 boysCONebraska: #26 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 115 boysNEMissouri: #20 for boys · 290 births · 1 in 109 boysMOKentucky: #24 for boys · 245 births · 1 in 113 boysKYWest Virginia: #19 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 96 boysWVVirginia: #15 for boys · 372 births · 1 in 78 boysVAMaryland: #14 for boys · 320 births · 1 in 58 boysMDDelaware: #12 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 48 boysDEArizona: #26 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 124 boysAZNew Mexico: #39 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 157 boysNMKansas: #28 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 140 boysKSArkansas: #27 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 132 boysARTennessee: #25 for boys · 272 births · 1 in 112 boysTNNorth Carolina: #21 for boys · 422 births · 1 in 98 boysNCSouth Carolina: #17 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 101 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #14 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 66 boysDCOklahoma: #37 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 157 boysOKLouisiana: #17 for boys · 306 births · 1 in 84 boysLAMississippi: #22 for boys · 220 births · 1 in 104 boysMSAlabama: #21 for boys · 311 births · 1 in 101 boysALGeorgia: #20 for boys · 338 births · 1 in 103 boysGAHawaii: #15 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 61 boysHITexas: #28 for boys · 518 births · 1 in 149 boysTXFlorida: #16 for boys · 274 births · 1 in 86 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Connecticut#9 · 1 in 40
  2. New Jersey#10 · 1 in 41
  3. Massachusetts#11 · 1 in 46
  4. New York#11 · 1 in 53
  5. Delaware#12 · 1 in 48

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#93841 in 40
New Jersey#108531 in 41
Massachusetts#118051 in 46
New York#112,1371 in 53
Delaware#12511 in 48
Pennsylvania#121,6291 in 50
Rhode Island#131421 in 43
Alaska#14121 in 39
District of Columbia#141511 in 66
Maryland#143201 in 58
Hawaii#15831 in 61
Virginia#153721 in 78
Florida#162741 in 86
Louisiana#173061 in 84
South Carolina#172281 in 101
Vermont#17441 in 63
Illinois#189061 in 72
California#198961 in 99
Michigan#196461 in 81
Nevada#19151 in 73
West Virginia#191911 in 96
Wyoming#19261 in 79
Georgia#203381 in 103
Missouri#202901 in 109
Ohio#207261 in 87
Alabama#213111 in 101
Colorado#211121 in 99
Montana#21441 in 101
North Carolina#214221 in 98
Mississippi#222201 in 104
New Hampshire#22431 in 86
Maine#23821 in 89
Wisconsin#232451 in 116
Kentucky#242451 in 113
Indiana#252671 in 119
Iowa#251551 in 134
Tennessee#252721 in 112
Arizona#26551 in 124
Nebraska#26961 in 115
Arkansas#271421 in 132
Kansas#281091 in 140
South Dakota#28391 in 134
Texas#285181 in 149
Minnesota#291701 in 146
Washington#301571 in 130
Oregon#32791 in 141
North Dakota#36341 in 163
Oklahoma#371291 in 157
New Mexico#39421 in 157
Idaho#43251 in 185
Utah#52321 in 222

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 1945

girls
#1,187
44 births · 1 in 29,707 girls
boys
#18
15,870 births · 1 in 85 boys

Top girls' names in 1945

  1. #1Mary59,278
  2. #2Linda41,465
  3. #3Barbara38,273
  4. #4Patricia35,844
  5. #5Carol30,389
  6. #6Sandra24,700
  7. #7Nancy21,456
  8. #8Sharon20,838
  9. #9Judith20,192
  10. #10Susan19,222
  11. #1,187Edward44

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #18Edward15,870
More about 1945

girls

1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 29,707 of them was named Edward, which outranked 77.4% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #1,175Teddy45
  2. #1,175Vikki45
  3. #1,175Zoe45
  4. #1,187Edward44
  5. #1,187Abbie44
  6. #1,187Carma44
  7. #1,187Catalina44
  8. #1,213Alpha43
  9. #1,213Antionette43
  10. #1,213Bunny43

Tied with 25 names at #1,187; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 799Lauren#1,153 → #354
  2. ↑ 707Amber#1,661 → #954
  3. ↑ 648Laureen#1,315 → #667
  4. ↑ 630Deidre#1,609 → #979
  5. ↑ 623Candice#1,364 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
  2. ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
  4. ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
  5. ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213

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

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 85 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.5% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #15George19,327
  2. #16Kenneth18,096
  3. #17Paul16,995
  4. #18Edward15,870
  5. #19Dennis14,990
  6. #20Jerry14,704
  7. #21Frank10,874
Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 527Delano#1,085 → #558
  2. ↑ 499Dane#1,235 → #736
  3. ↑ 385Eusebio#1,328 → #943
  4. ↑ 371Erick#1,235 → #864
  5. ↑ 311Gerardo#1,282 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 479Joan#870 → #1,349
  2. ↓ 408Kit#841 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 392Llewellyn#935 → #1,327
  4. ↓ 361Valentine#888 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 321Hilario#906 → #1,227

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

See the top 100 for 1945 →