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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #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 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #25 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 97 boysAKMaine: #46 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 195 boysMEVermont: #28 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 98 boysVTNew Hampshire: #29 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 99 boysNHWashington: #46 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 189 boysWAIdaho: #45 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 164 boysIDMontana: #39 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 157 boysMTNorth Dakota: #108 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 559 boysNDMinnesota: #62 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 270 boysMNIllinois: #26 for boys · 953 births · 1 in 120 boysILWisconsin: #48 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 204 boysWIMichigan: #30 for boys · 688 births · 1 in 135 boysMINew York: #21 for boys · 2,068 births · 1 in 87 boysNYMassachusetts: #19 for boys · 854 births · 1 in 67 boysMARhode Island: #17 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 62 boysRIOregon: #47 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 197 boysORNevada: #41 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 162 boysNVWyoming: #52 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 185 boysWYSouth Dakota: #66 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 287 boysSDIowa: #68 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 285 boysIAIndiana: #45 for boys · 291 births · 1 in 186 boysINOhio: #29 for boys · 818 births · 1 in 136 boysOHPennsylvania: #20 for boys · 1,528 births · 1 in 77 boysPANew Jersey: #18 for boys · 835 births · 1 in 76 boysNJConnecticut: #20 for boys · 365 births · 1 in 73 boysCTCalifornia: #30 for boys · 1,286 births · 1 in 147 boysCAUtah: #81 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 320 boysUTColorado: #34 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 154 boysCONebraska: #55 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 241 boysNEMissouri: #42 for boys · 278 births · 1 in 174 boysMOKentucky: #43 for boys · 204 births · 1 in 169 boysKYWest Virginia: #33 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 144 boysWVVirginia: #27 for boys · 351 births · 1 in 123 boysVAMaryland: #26 for boys · 316 births · 1 in 104 boysMDDelaware: #27 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 95 boysDEArizona: #32 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 140 boysAZNew Mexico: #31 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 143 boysNMKansas: #56 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 224 boysKSArkansas: #51 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 206 boysARTennessee: #51 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 210 boysTNNorth Carolina: #42 for boys · 293 births · 1 in 180 boysNCSouth Carolina: #27 for boys · 206 births · 1 in 138 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #24 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 104 boysDCOklahoma: #66 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 253 boysOKLouisiana: #32 for boys · 253 births · 1 in 163 boysLAMississippi: #39 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 162 boysMSAlabama: #38 for boys · 218 births · 1 in 172 boysALGeorgia: #38 for boys · 276 births · 1 in 173 boysGAHawaii: #33 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 141 boysHITexas: #39 for boys · 667 births · 1 in 179 boysTXFlorida: #28 for boys · 391 births · 1 in 141 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#17 · 1 in 62
  2. New Jersey#18 · 1 in 76
  3. Massachusetts#19 · 1 in 67
  4. Connecticut#20 · 1 in 73
  5. Pennsylvania#20 · 1 in 77

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#171461 in 62
New Jersey#188351 in 76
Massachusetts#198541 in 67
Connecticut#203651 in 73
Pennsylvania#201,5281 in 77
New York#212,0681 in 87
District of Columbia#241431 in 104
Alaska#25321 in 97
Illinois#269531 in 120
Maryland#263161 in 104
Delaware#27551 in 95
South Carolina#272061 in 138
Virginia#273511 in 123
Florida#283911 in 141
Vermont#28401 in 98
New Hampshire#29621 in 99
Ohio#298181 in 136
California#301,2861 in 147
Michigan#306881 in 135
New Mexico#31931 in 143
Arizona#321211 in 140
Louisiana#322531 in 163
Hawaii#33531 in 141
West Virginia#331311 in 144
Colorado#341431 in 154
Alabama#382181 in 172
Georgia#382761 in 173
Mississippi#391671 in 162
Montana#39491 in 157
Texas#396671 in 179
Nevada#41201 in 162
Missouri#422781 in 174
North Carolina#422931 in 180
Kentucky#432041 in 169
Idaho#45441 in 164
Indiana#452911 in 186
Maine#46561 in 195
Washington#461631 in 189
Oregon#47891 in 197
Wisconsin#482321 in 204
Arkansas#51951 in 206
Tennessee#511881 in 210
Wyoming#52191 in 185
Nebraska#55671 in 241
Kansas#561001 in 224
Minnesota#621531 in 270
Oklahoma#66931 in 253
South Dakota#66271 in 287
Iowa#681061 in 285
Utah#81381 in 320
North Dakota#108131 in 559

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 1961

girls
#1,354
68 births · 1 in 29,684 girls
boys
#29
15,877 births · 1 in 134 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #1,354Edward68

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #29Edward15,877
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 29,684 of them was named Edward, which outranked 82.0% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #1,343Stephany69
  2. #1,343Tracye69
  3. #1,343Viki69
  4. #1,354Edward68
  5. #1,354Danelle68
  6. #1,354Kimbra68
  7. #1,354Randee68
  8. #1,360Arlette67
  9. #1,360Carie67
  10. #1,360Casandra67

Tied with 5 names at #1,354; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

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

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 134 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.4% of the 4,657 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. #26Christopher17,223
  2. #27Stephen16,069
  3. #28Douglas15,978
  4. #29Edward15,877
  5. #30Larry14,580
  6. #31George13,644
  7. #32Terry13,194
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,171Parrish#4,038 → #867
  2. ↑ 589Brook#1,252 → #663
  3. ↑ 467Osvaldo#1,434 → #967
  4. ↑ 426Shayne#1,152 → #726
  5. ↑ 367Pernell#1,295 → #928
Fallers
  1. ↓ 425Wayde#672 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 380Yancy#923 → #1,303
  3. ↓ 301Jonas#905 → #1,206
  4. ↓ 264Tobin#833 → #1,097
  5. ↓ 253Keenan#748 → #1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →