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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #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 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #14 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 75 boysAKMaine: #38 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 166 boysMEVermont: #31 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 102 boysVTNew Hampshire: #24 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 95 boysNHWashington: #37 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 155 boysWAIdaho: #71 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 258 boysIDMontana: #36 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 136 boysMTNorth Dakota: #69 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 308 boysNDMinnesota: #58 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 259 boysMNIllinois: #26 for boys · 1,002 births · 1 in 116 boysILWisconsin: #45 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 186 boysWIMichigan: #32 for boys · 693 births · 1 in 136 boysMINew York: #21 for boys · 2,100 births · 1 in 85 boysNYMassachusetts: #20 for boys · 772 births · 1 in 74 boysMARhode Island: #20 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 75 boysRIOregon: #53 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 210 boysORNevada: #27 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 120 boysNVWyoming: #28 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 113 boysWYSouth Dakota: #86 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 392 boysSDIowa: #59 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 237 boysIAIndiana: #44 for boys · 307 births · 1 in 177 boysINOhio: #28 for boys · 886 births · 1 in 127 boysOHPennsylvania: #17 for boys · 1,605 births · 1 in 75 boysPANew Jersey: #15 for boys · 893 births · 1 in 70 boysNJConnecticut: #17 for boys · 380 births · 1 in 70 boysCTCalifornia: #30 for boys · 1,371 births · 1 in 136 boysCAUtah: #112 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 486 boysUTColorado: #36 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 157 boysCONebraska: #50 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 209 boysNEMissouri: #42 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 184 boysMOKentucky: #50 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 203 boysKYWest Virginia: #33 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 132 boysWVVirginia: #24 for boys · 374 births · 1 in 113 boysVAMaryland: #25 for boys · 335 births · 1 in 98 boysMDDelaware: #18 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 78 boysDEArizona: #25 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 125 boysAZNew Mexico: #32 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 149 boysNMKansas: #39 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 159 boysKSArkansas: #41 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 158 boysARTennessee: #45 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 183 boysTNNorth Carolina: #35 for boys · 347 births · 1 in 150 boysNCSouth Carolina: #29 for boys · 209 births · 1 in 136 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #27 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 111 boysDCOklahoma: #64 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 242 boysOKLouisiana: #27 for boys · 307 births · 1 in 137 boysLAMississippi: #39 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 152 boysMSAlabama: #38 for boys · 237 births · 1 in 160 boysALGeorgia: #37 for boys · 289 births · 1 in 167 boysGAHawaii: #37 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 145 boysHITexas: #40 for boys · 685 births · 1 in 179 boysTXFlorida: #30 for boys · 391 births · 1 in 140 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#14 · 1 in 75
  2. New Jersey#15 · 1 in 70
  3. Connecticut#17 · 1 in 70
  4. Pennsylvania#17 · 1 in 75
  5. Delaware#18 · 1 in 78

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#14431 in 75
New Jersey#158931 in 70
Connecticut#173801 in 70
Pennsylvania#171,6051 in 75
Delaware#18651 in 78
Massachusetts#207721 in 74
Rhode Island#201201 in 75
New York#212,1001 in 85
New Hampshire#24641 in 95
Virginia#243741 in 113
Arizona#251361 in 125
Maryland#253351 in 98
Illinois#261,0021 in 116
District of Columbia#271341 in 111
Louisiana#273071 in 137
Nevada#27241 in 120
Ohio#288861 in 127
Wyoming#28301 in 113
South Carolina#292091 in 136
California#301,3711 in 136
Florida#303911 in 140
Vermont#31381 in 102
Michigan#326931 in 136
New Mexico#32921 in 149
West Virginia#331441 in 132
North Carolina#353471 in 150
Colorado#361361 in 157
Montana#36561 in 136
Georgia#372891 in 167
Hawaii#37501 in 145
Washington#372001 in 155
Alabama#382371 in 160
Maine#38661 in 166
Kansas#391441 in 159
Mississippi#391771 in 152
Texas#406851 in 179
Arkansas#411221 in 158
Missouri#422661 in 184
Indiana#443071 in 177
Tennessee#452161 in 183
Wisconsin#452581 in 186
Kentucky#501751 in 203
Nebraska#50781 in 209
Oregon#53861 in 210
Minnesota#581641 in 259
Iowa#591321 in 237
Oklahoma#64981 in 242
North Dakota#69241 in 308
Idaho#71291 in 258
South Dakota#86201 in 392
Utah#112251 in 486

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 1960

girls
#1,312
70 births · 1 in 28,885 girls
boys
#26
16,595 births · 1 in 128 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #1,312Edward70

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #26Edward16,595
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 28,885 of them was named Edward, which outranked 82.1% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #1,301Nicolette71
  2. #1,301Rebeca71
  3. #1,301Tanja71
  4. #1,312Edward70
  5. #1,312Casandra70
  6. #1,312Charity70
  7. #1,312Cory70
  8. #1,328Aurelia69
  9. #1,328Celina69
  10. #1,328Cheryll69

Tied with 15 names at #1,312; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

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

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 128 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.4% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #23Scott21,606
  2. #24Gregory20,304
  3. #25Anthony19,499
  4. #26Edward16,595
  5. #27Stephen16,267
  6. #28Larry15,988
  7. #29Christopher15,361
Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,061Stephon#3,988 → #927
  2. ↑ 1,039Kennedy#1,759 → #720
  3. ↑ 489Darryle#1,416 → #927
  4. ↑ 379Garret#1,360 → #981
  5. ↑ 373Darryll#1,324 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 333Grayling#987 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 327Lucious#946 → #1,273
  3. ↓ 274Brion#919 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 261Gail#747 → #1,008
  5. ↓ 254Delton#939 → #1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1960 →