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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #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 1949

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #17 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 68 boysAKMaine: #30 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 113 boysMEVermont: #22 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 78 boysVTNew Hampshire: #17 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 62 boysNHWashington: #29 for boys · 205 births · 1 in 131 boysWAIdaho: #37 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 156 boysIDMontana: #25 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 106 boysMTNorth Dakota: #56 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 263 boysNDMinnesota: #37 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 176 boysMNIllinois: #20 for boys · 1,161 births · 1 in 78 boysILWisconsin: #32 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 130 boysWIMichigan: #23 for boys · 768 births · 1 in 99 boysMINew York: #13 for boys · 2,391 births · 1 in 62 boysNYMassachusetts: #12 for boys · 997 births · 1 in 47 boysMARhode Island: #17 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 53 boysRIOregon: #32 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 159 boysORNevada: #27 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 106 boysNVWyoming: #21 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 86 boysWYSouth Dakota: #37 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 169 boysSDIowa: #34 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 164 boysIAIndiana: #28 for boys · 357 births · 1 in 125 boysINOhio: #22 for boys · 973 births · 1 in 94 boysOHPennsylvania: #12 for boys · 2,099 births · 1 in 52 boysPANew Jersey: #11 for boys · 935 births · 1 in 49 boysNJConnecticut: #11 for boys · 380 births · 1 in 49 boysCTCalifornia: #22 for boys · 1,123 births · 1 in 107 boysCAUtah: #43 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 172 boysUTColorado: #25 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 125 boysCONebraska: #25 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 116 boysNEMissouri: #23 for boys · 390 births · 1 in 106 boysMOKentucky: #27 for boys · 292 births · 1 in 123 boysKYWest Virginia: #22 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 110 boysWVVirginia: #18 for boys · 441 births · 1 in 84 boysVAMaryland: #16 for boys · 337 births · 1 in 70 boysMDDelaware: #16 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 65 boysDEArizona: #12 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 76 boysAZNew Mexico: #20 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 94 boysNMKansas: #29 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 151 boysKSArkansas: #31 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 136 boysARTennessee: #26 for boys · 330 births · 1 in 118 boysTNNorth Carolina: #23 for boys · 461 births · 1 in 109 boysNCSouth Carolina: #19 for boys · 285 births · 1 in 100 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #18 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 87 boysDCOklahoma: #35 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 158 boysOKLouisiana: #17 for boys · 379 births · 1 in 92 boysLAMississippi: #23 for boys · 259 births · 1 in 112 boysMSAlabama: #25 for boys · 327 births · 1 in 119 boysALGeorgia: #21 for boys · 392 births · 1 in 112 boysGAHawaii: #23 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 107 boysHITexas: #24 for boys · 736 births · 1 in 137 boysTXFlorida: #18 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 97 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Connecticut#11 · 1 in 49
  2. New Jersey#11 · 1 in 49
  3. Massachusetts#12 · 1 in 47
  4. Pennsylvania#12 · 1 in 52
  5. Arizona#12 · 1 in 76

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#113801 in 49
New Jersey#119351 in 49
Arizona#121271 in 76
Massachusetts#129971 in 47
Pennsylvania#122,0991 in 52
New York#132,3911 in 62
Delaware#16501 in 65
Maryland#163371 in 70
Alaska#17191 in 68
Louisiana#173791 in 92
New Hampshire#17881 in 62
Rhode Island#171511 in 53
District of Columbia#181401 in 87
Florida#183001 in 97
Virginia#184411 in 84
South Carolina#192851 in 100
Illinois#201,1611 in 78
New Mexico#201031 in 94
Georgia#213921 in 112
Wyoming#21351 in 86
California#221,1231 in 107
Ohio#229731 in 94
Vermont#22501 in 78
West Virginia#222261 in 110
Hawaii#23571 in 107
Michigan#237681 in 99
Mississippi#232591 in 112
Missouri#233901 in 106
North Carolina#234611 in 109
Texas#247361 in 137
Alabama#253271 in 119
Colorado#251261 in 125
Montana#25601 in 106
Nebraska#251241 in 116
Tennessee#263301 in 118
Kentucky#272921 in 123
Nevada#27131 in 106
Indiana#283571 in 125
Kansas#291311 in 151
Washington#292051 in 131
Maine#30861 in 113
Arkansas#311661 in 136
Oregon#321021 in 159
Wisconsin#323021 in 130
Iowa#341811 in 164
Oklahoma#351471 in 158
Idaho#37431 in 156
Minnesota#371991 in 176
South Dakota#37461 in 169
Utah#43561 in 172
North Dakota#56281 in 263

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 1949

girls
#1,289
50 births · 1 in 34,218 girls
boys
#21
19,174 births · 1 in 93 boys

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #1,289Edward50

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #21Edward19,174
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 34,218 of them was named Edward, which outranked 78.8% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #1,278Nilda51
  2. #1,278Ona51
  3. #1,278Sandie51
  4. #1,289Edward50
  5. #1,289Bobbye50
  6. #1,289Carin50
  7. #1,289Fredda50
  8. #1,304Antonette49
  9. #1,304Carletta49
  10. #1,304Catalina49

Tied with 14 names at #1,289; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 937Sharman#1,708 → #771
  2. ↑ 665Roseanna#1,422 → #757
  3. ↑ 483Shauna#1,173 → #690
  4. ↑ 293Jacalyn#1,116 → #823
  5. ↑ 267Sanjuana#1,185 → #918
Fallers
  1. ↓ 339Sandie#939 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 296Syble#955 → #1,251
  3. ↓ 272Shirleen#964 → #1,236
  4. ↓ 266Ginny#734 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 260Dina#861 → #1,121

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

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 93 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.5% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #18George21,308
  2. #19Stephen20,488
  3. #20Steven19,923
  4. #21Edward19,174
  5. #22Daniel18,240
  6. #23Jerry15,871
  7. #24Mark13,725
Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 538Lannie#1,107 → #569
  2. ↑ 411Lenwood#1,296 → #885
  3. ↑ 338Robby#1,296 → #958
  4. ↑ 326Ocie#1,323 → #997
  5. ↑ 319Denzil#1,127 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Loyal#989 → #1,462
  2. ↓ 446Rich#963 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 395Brock#733 → #1,128
  4. ↓ 376Baron#972 → #1,348
  5. ↓ 333Murry#989 → #1,322

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

See the top 100 for 1949 →