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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #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 1953

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #25 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 118 boysAKMaine: #30 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 117 boysMEVermont: #17 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 61 boysVTNew Hampshire: #28 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 105 boysNHWashington: #31 for boys · 222 births · 1 in 135 boysWAIdaho: #35 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 144 boysIDMontana: #31 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 123 boysMTNorth Dakota: #49 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 221 boysNDMinnesota: #42 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 201 boysMNIllinois: #23 for boys · 1,071 births · 1 in 95 boysILWisconsin: #35 for boys · 280 births · 1 in 151 boysWIMichigan: #26 for boys · 761 births · 1 in 117 boysMINew York: #16 for boys · 2,351 births · 1 in 70 boysNYMassachusetts: #15 for boys · 878 births · 1 in 59 boysMARhode Island: #18 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 62 boysRIOregon: #39 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 205 boysORNevada: #29 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 118 boysNVWyoming: #31 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 131 boysWYSouth Dakota: #38 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 155 boysSDIowa: #37 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 171 boysIAIndiana: #32 for boys · 336 births · 1 in 151 boysINOhio: #25 for boys · 1,002 births · 1 in 103 boysOHPennsylvania: #14 for boys · 1,883 births · 1 in 62 boysPANew Jersey: #12 for boys · 901 births · 1 in 59 boysNJConnecticut: #13 for boys · 415 births · 1 in 54 boysCTCalifornia: #26 for boys · 1,273 births · 1 in 117 boysCAUtah: #57 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 237 boysUTColorado: #23 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 102 boysCONebraska: #37 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 168 boysNEMissouri: #25 for boys · 407 births · 1 in 111 boysMOKentucky: #29 for boys · 278 births · 1 in 128 boysKYWest Virginia: #26 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 107 boysWVVirginia: #20 for boys · 422 births · 1 in 100 boysVAMaryland: #15 for boys · 413 births · 1 in 69 boysMDDelaware: #13 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 61 boysDEArizona: #24 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 105 boysAZNew Mexico: #23 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 99 boysNMKansas: #33 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 147 boysKSArkansas: #34 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 140 boysARTennessee: #30 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 129 boysTNNorth Carolina: #24 for boys · 473 births · 1 in 114 boysNCSouth Carolina: #20 for boys · 263 births · 1 in 116 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #20 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 86 boysDCOklahoma: #38 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 173 boysOKLouisiana: #16 for boys · 404 births · 1 in 97 boysLAMississippi: #25 for boys · 260 births · 1 in 111 boysMSAlabama: #26 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 128 boysALGeorgia: #28 for boys · 333 births · 1 in 141 boysGAHawaii: #30 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 119 boysHITexas: #29 for boys · 822 births · 1 in 145 boysTXFlorida: #23 for boys · 361 births · 1 in 106 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#12 · 1 in 59
  2. Connecticut#13 · 1 in 54
  3. Delaware#13 · 1 in 61
  4. Pennsylvania#14 · 1 in 62
  5. Massachusetts#15 · 1 in 59

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#129011 in 59
Connecticut#134151 in 54
Delaware#13671 in 61
Pennsylvania#141,8831 in 62
Maryland#154131 in 69
Massachusetts#158781 in 59
Louisiana#164041 in 97
New York#162,3511 in 70
Vermont#17631 in 61
Rhode Island#181441 in 62
District of Columbia#201681 in 86
South Carolina#202631 in 116
Virginia#204221 in 100
Colorado#231801 in 102
Florida#233611 in 106
Illinois#231,0711 in 95
New Mexico#231161 in 99
Arizona#241181 in 105
North Carolina#244731 in 114
Alaska#25231 in 118
Mississippi#252601 in 111
Missouri#254071 in 111
Ohio#251,0021 in 103
Alabama#263011 in 128
California#261,2731 in 117
Michigan#267611 in 117
West Virginia#262111 in 107
Georgia#283331 in 141
New Hampshire#28511 in 105
Kentucky#292781 in 128
Nevada#29171 in 118
Texas#298221 in 145
Hawaii#30581 in 119
Maine#30831 in 117
Tennessee#303081 in 129
Montana#31591 in 123
Washington#312221 in 135
Wyoming#31281 in 131
Indiana#323361 in 151
Kansas#331581 in 147
Arkansas#341501 in 140
Idaho#35511 in 144
Wisconsin#352801 in 151
Iowa#371761 in 171
Nebraska#37901 in 168
Oklahoma#381421 in 173
South Dakota#38521 in 155
Oregon#39911 in 205
Minnesota#421881 in 201
North Dakota#49341 in 221
Utah#57481 in 237

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 1953

girls
#1,389
49 births · 1 in 38,394 girls
boys
#23
18,984 births · 1 in 104 boys

Top girls' names in 1953

  1. #1Mary64,389
  2. #2Linda61,281
  3. #3Deborah52,199
  4. #4Patricia51,019
  5. #5Susan44,297
  6. #6Barbara38,473
  7. #7Debra36,856
  8. #8Nancy30,620
  9. #9Karen29,858
  10. #10Pamela25,760
  11. #1,389Edward49

Top boys' names in 1953

  1. #1Robert86,243
  2. #2James86,066
  3. #3Michael84,198
  4. #4John80,165
  5. #5David76,119
  6. #6William61,829
  7. #7Richard58,389
  8. #8Thomas47,008
  9. #9Charles38,421
  10. #10Gary36,967
  11. #23Edward18,984
More about 1953

girls

1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 38,394 of them was named Edward, which outranked 78.6% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #1,373Paul50
  2. #1,373Roxana50
  3. #1,373Simone50
  4. #1,389Edward49
  5. #1,389Adriana49
  6. #1,389Bunny49
  7. #1,389Darcel49
  8. #1,410Alane48
  9. #1,410Albertha48
  10. #1,410Alesia48

Tied with 20 names at #1,389; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,253Enola#3,201 → #948
  2. ↑ 885Lu#1,368 → #483
  3. ↑ 749Joni#1,046 → #297
  4. ↑ 553Brooke#1,351 → #798
  5. ↑ 531Lorri#1,430 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 274Roseanna#808 → #1,082
  2. ↓ 253Georgie#946 → #1,199
  3. ↓ 218Pandora#783 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 204Fonda#822 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 195Brinda#935 → #1,130

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

boys

1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 104 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.5% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #20Daniel23,498
  2. #21Stephen21,807
  3. #22George19,176
  4. #23Edward18,984
  5. #24Gregory16,160
  6. #25Jeffrey15,949
  7. #26Timothy15,187
Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,276Faron#2,251 → #975
  2. ↑ 694Shane#1,213 → #519
  3. ↑ 528Enrico#1,517 → #989
  4. ↑ 441Blaise#1,430 → #989
  5. ↑ 429Robbin#1,268 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Durwood#981 → #1,408
  2. ↓ 392Jonnie#939 → #1,331
  3. ↓ 312Elvis#968 → #1,280
  4. ↓ 293Edsel#968 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 292Beverly#766 → #1,058

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

See the top 100 for 1953 →