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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #8, 1921boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #17 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 70 boysAKMaine: #24 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 89 boysMEVermont: #17 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 62 boysVTNew Hampshire: #24 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 80 boysNHWashington: #33 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 142 boysWAIdaho: #32 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 142 boysIDMontana: #18 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 86 boysMTNorth Dakota: #40 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 177 boysNDMinnesota: #32 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 144 boysMNIllinois: #18 for boys · 1,220 births · 1 in 76 boysILWisconsin: #27 for boys · 312 births · 1 in 125 boysWIMichigan: #19 for boys · 882 births · 1 in 86 boysMINew York: #12 for boys · 2,838 births · 1 in 56 boysNYMassachusetts: #11 for boys · 1,140 births · 1 in 46 boysMARhode Island: #12 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 45 boysRIOregon: #31 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 141 boysORNevada: #23 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 93 boysNVWyoming: #18 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 79 boysWYSouth Dakota: #34 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 159 boysSDIowa: #35 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 156 boysIAIndiana: #27 for boys · 345 births · 1 in 131 boysINOhio: #19 for boys · 1,115 births · 1 in 85 boysOHPennsylvania: #13 for boys · 2,234 births · 1 in 53 boysPANew Jersey: #10 for boys · 1,055 births · 1 in 47 boysNJConnecticut: #13 for boys · 406 births · 1 in 52 boysCTCalifornia: #22 for boys · 1,042 births · 1 in 115 boysCAUtah: #40 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 173 boysUTColorado: #23 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 106 boysCONebraska: #29 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 146 boysNEMissouri: #22 for boys · 397 births · 1 in 110 boysMOKentucky: #25 for boys · 322 births · 1 in 117 boysKYWest Virginia: #22 for boys · 238 births · 1 in 110 boysWVVirginia: #17 for boys · 449 births · 1 in 85 boysVAMaryland: #14 for boys · 404 births · 1 in 63 boysMDDelaware: #13 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 56 boysDEArizona: #19 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 94 boysAZNew Mexico: #26 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 118 boysNMKansas: #28 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 149 boysKSArkansas: #30 for boys · 179 births · 1 in 134 boysARTennessee: #26 for boys · 351 births · 1 in 120 boysTNNorth Carolina: #23 for boys · 476 births · 1 in 112 boysNCSouth Carolina: #20 for boys · 291 births · 1 in 99 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #14 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 70 boysDCOklahoma: #37 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 171 boysOKLouisiana: #18 for boys · 331 births · 1 in 103 boysLAMississippi: #22 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 113 boysMSAlabama: #22 for boys · 414 births · 1 in 96 boysALGeorgia: #26 for boys · 363 births · 1 in 124 boysGAHawaii: #19 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 89 boysHITexas: #30 for boys · 640 births · 1 in 153 boysTXFlorida: #17 for boys · 299 births · 1 in 96 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#10 · 1 in 47
  2. Massachusetts#11 · 1 in 46
  3. Rhode Island#12 · 1 in 45
  4. New York#12 · 1 in 56
  5. Connecticut#13 · 1 in 52

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#101,0551 in 47
Massachusetts#111,1401 in 46
New York#122,8381 in 56
Rhode Island#121891 in 45
Connecticut#134061 in 52
Delaware#13591 in 56
Pennsylvania#132,2341 in 53
District of Columbia#141781 in 70
Maryland#144041 in 63
Alaska#17131 in 70
Florida#172991 in 96
Vermont#17641 in 62
Virginia#174491 in 85
Illinois#181,2201 in 76
Louisiana#183311 in 103
Montana#18751 in 86
Wyoming#18361 in 79
Arizona#19981 in 94
Hawaii#19691 in 89
Michigan#198821 in 86
Ohio#191,1151 in 85
South Carolina#202911 in 99
Alabama#224141 in 96
California#221,0421 in 115
Mississippi#222581 in 113
Missouri#223971 in 110
West Virginia#222381 in 110
Colorado#231451 in 106
Nevada#23171 in 93
North Carolina#234761 in 112
Maine#241201 in 89
New Hampshire#24751 in 80
Kentucky#253221 in 117
Georgia#263631 in 124
New Mexico#26761 in 118
Tennessee#263511 in 120
Indiana#273451 in 131
Wisconsin#273121 in 125
Kansas#281351 in 149
Nebraska#291001 in 146
Arkansas#301791 in 134
Texas#306401 in 153
Oregon#311201 in 141
Idaho#32481 in 142
Minnesota#322431 in 144
Washington#331941 in 142
South Dakota#34451 in 159
Iowa#351941 in 156
Oklahoma#371461 in 171
North Dakota#40421 in 177
Utah#40571 in 173

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 1947

girls
#1,217
55 births · 1 in 32,232 girls
boys
#19
20,539 births · 1 in 89 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #1,217Edward55

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #19Edward20,539
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 32,232 of them was named Edward, which outranked 80.1% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #1,204Lorinda56
  2. #1,204Velia56
  3. #1,204Willia56
  4. #1,217Edward55
  5. #1,217Delilah55
  6. #1,217Earlean55
  7. #1,217Felice55
  8. #1,228Bobbye54
  9. #1,228Delaine54
  10. #1,228Elois54

Tied with 10 names at #1,217; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 417Michaele#1,276 → #859
  2. ↑ 385Carlotta#997 → #612
  3. ↑ 332Ricki#1,290 → #958
  4. ↑ 300Daria#1,220 → #920
  5. ↑ 290Ivy#1,087 → #797
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Merlene#961 → #1,302
  2. ↓ 285Beatriz#985 → #1,270
  3. ↓ 276Ruthanne#874 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 253Estela#897 → #1,150
  5. ↓ 242Verla#885 → #1,127

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

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 89 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #16George23,916
  2. #17Dennis23,686
  3. #18Paul22,796
  4. #19Edward20,539
  5. #20Jerry18,794
  6. #21Stephen15,328
  7. #22Daniel15,189
Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947 →