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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #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 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #19 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 69 boysAKMaine: #29 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 98 boysMEVermont: #15 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 63 boysVTNew Hampshire: #26 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 94 boysNHWashington: #33 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 152 boysWAIdaho: #36 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 152 boysIDMontana: #21 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 100 boysMTNorth Dakota: #59 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 275 boysNDMinnesota: #34 for boys · 231 births · 1 in 154 boysMNIllinois: #23 for boys · 1,082 births · 1 in 86 boysILWisconsin: #31 for boys · 297 births · 1 in 132 boysWIMichigan: #25 for boys · 730 births · 1 in 107 boysMINew York: #13 for boys · 2,378 births · 1 in 63 boysNYMassachusetts: #13 for boys · 928 births · 1 in 51 boysMARhode Island: #19 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 59 boysRIOregon: #30 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 141 boysORNevada: #24 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 88 boysNVWyoming: #30 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 130 boysWYSouth Dakota: #46 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 212 boysSDIowa: #33 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 160 boysIAIndiana: #28 for boys · 341 births · 1 in 132 boysINOhio: #24 for boys · 905 births · 1 in 100 boysOHPennsylvania: #14 for boys · 1,885 births · 1 in 58 boysPANew Jersey: #11 for boys · 883 births · 1 in 52 boysNJConnecticut: #11 for boys · 388 births · 1 in 48 boysCTCalifornia: #24 for boys · 1,128 births · 1 in 108 boysCAUtah: #45 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 200 boysUTColorado: #22 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 93 boysCONebraska: #32 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 148 boysNEMissouri: #25 for boys · 367 births · 1 in 114 boysMOKentucky: #27 for boys · 293 births · 1 in 122 boysKYWest Virginia: #24 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 108 boysWVVirginia: #18 for boys · 427 births · 1 in 87 boysVAMaryland: #18 for boys · 332 births · 1 in 74 boysMDDelaware: #16 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 70 boysDEArizona: #15 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 78 boysAZNew Mexico: #32 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 143 boysNMKansas: #28 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 140 boysKSArkansas: #33 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 157 boysARTennessee: #26 for boys · 334 births · 1 in 117 boysTNNorth Carolina: #22 for boys · 464 births · 1 in 108 boysNCSouth Carolina: #20 for boys · 288 births · 1 in 99 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #16 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 72 boysDCOklahoma: #34 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 160 boysOKLouisiana: #19 for boys · 364 births · 1 in 97 boysLAMississippi: #24 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 120 boysMSAlabama: #22 for boys · 375 births · 1 in 101 boysALGeorgia: #22 for boys · 387 births · 1 in 112 boysGAHawaii: #20 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 91 boysHITexas: #25 for boys · 774 births · 1 in 134 boysTXFlorida: #18 for boys · 346 births · 1 in 88 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Connecticut#11 · 1 in 48
  2. New Jersey#11 · 1 in 52
  3. Massachusetts#13 · 1 in 51
  4. New York#13 · 1 in 63
  5. Pennsylvania#14 · 1 in 58

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#113881 in 48
New Jersey#118831 in 52
Massachusetts#139281 in 51
New York#132,3781 in 63
Pennsylvania#141,8851 in 58
Arizona#151281 in 78
Vermont#15601 in 63
Delaware#16481 in 70
District of Columbia#161831 in 72
Florida#183461 in 88
Maryland#183321 in 74
Virginia#184271 in 87
Alaska#19201 in 69
Louisiana#193641 in 97
Rhode Island#191361 in 59
Hawaii#20651 in 91
South Carolina#202881 in 99
Montana#21681 in 100
Alabama#223751 in 101
Colorado#221751 in 93
Georgia#223871 in 112
North Carolina#224641 in 108
Illinois#231,0821 in 86
California#241,1281 in 108
Mississippi#242421 in 120
Nevada#24161 in 88
Ohio#249051 in 100
West Virginia#242261 in 108
Michigan#257301 in 107
Missouri#253671 in 114
Texas#257741 in 134
New Hampshire#26561 in 94
Tennessee#263341 in 117
Kentucky#272931 in 122
Indiana#283411 in 132
Kansas#281421 in 140
Maine#29961 in 98
Oregon#301191 in 141
Wyoming#30231 in 130
Wisconsin#312971 in 132
Nebraska#321001 in 148
New Mexico#32691 in 143
Arkansas#331421 in 157
Iowa#331881 in 160
Washington#331781 in 152
Minnesota#342311 in 154
Oklahoma#341491 in 160
Idaho#36451 in 152
Utah#45481 in 200
South Dakota#46381 in 212
North Dakota#59271 in 275

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 1950

girls
#1,183
61 births · 1 in 28,083 girls
boys
#22
18,714 births · 1 in 96 boys

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #1,183Edward61

Top boys' names in 1950

  1. #1James86,228
  2. #2Robert83,553
  3. #3John79,412
  4. #4Michael65,136
  5. #5David60,729
  6. #6William60,680
  7. #7Richard51,003
  8. #8Thomas45,596
  9. #9Charles39,095
  10. #10Gary33,737
  11. #22Edward18,714
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 28,083 of them was named Edward, which outranked 80.6% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #1,171Milagros62
  2. #1,171Noemi62
  3. #1,171Roxana62
  4. #1,183Edward61
  5. #1,183Amalia61
  6. #1,183Dayle61
  7. #1,183Deborrah61
  8. #1,192Adelina60
  9. #1,192Augusta60
  10. #1,192Francie60

Tied with 8 names at #1,183; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,242Mindy#2,013 → #771
  2. ↑ 649Geralyn#1,627 → #978
  3. ↑ 636Kyle#1,512 → #876
  4. ↑ 416Debrah#1,109 → #693
  5. ↑ 405Debbra#1,353 → #948
Fallers
  1. ↓ 241Luana#823 → #1,064
  2. ↓ 231Christene#930 → #1,161
  3. ↓ 216Pearline#785 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 210Ingrid#518 → #728
  5. ↓ 201Dayle#982 → #1,183

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

boys

1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 96 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.5% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #19Stephen20,511
  2. #20George20,183
  3. #21Daniel19,189
  4. #22Edward18,714
  5. #23Mark16,604
  6. #24Jerry15,261
  7. #25Gregory13,311
Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 744Ezzard#1,616 → #872
  2. ↑ 510Kelvin#1,085 → #575
  3. ↑ 447Nancy#1,297 → #850
  4. ↑ 420Samual#1,380 → #960
  5. ↑ 376Shaun#1,275 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 371Sharon#885 → #1,256
  2. ↓ 369Melvyn#770 → #1,139
  3. ↓ 367Les#997 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 351Delmas#905 → #1,256
  5. ↓ 315Denzil#808 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1950 →