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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #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 1962

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #35 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 145 boysAKMaine: #32 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 145 boysMEVermont: #39 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 142 boysVTNew Hampshire: #29 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 105 boysNHWashington: #42 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 183 boysWAIdaho: #74 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 291 boysIDMontana: #44 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 176 boysMTNorth Dakota: #68 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 264 boysNDMinnesota: #59 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 279 boysMNIllinois: #26 for boys · 868 births · 1 in 127 boysILWisconsin: #48 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 213 boysWIMichigan: #32 for boys · 588 births · 1 in 150 boysMINew York: #21 for boys · 2,057 births · 1 in 85 boysNYMassachusetts: #21 for boys · 768 births · 1 in 73 boysMARhode Island: #19 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 73 boysRIOregon: #47 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 183 boysORNevada: #32 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 130 boysNVWyoming: #54 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 193 boysWYSouth Dakota: #76 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 366 boysSDIowa: #70 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 272 boysIAIndiana: #43 for boys · 277 births · 1 in 189 boysINOhio: #30 for boys · 780 births · 1 in 135 boysOHPennsylvania: #21 for boys · 1,387 births · 1 in 80 boysPANew Jersey: #17 for boys · 851 births · 1 in 72 boysNJConnecticut: #20 for boys · 368 births · 1 in 71 boysCTCalifornia: #29 for boys · 1,361 births · 1 in 137 boysCAUtah: #80 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 326 boysUTColorado: #41 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 181 boysCONebraska: #50 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 207 boysNEMissouri: #38 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 155 boysMOKentucky: #44 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 183 boysKYWest Virginia: #42 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 201 boysWVVirginia: #32 for boys · 304 births · 1 in 142 boysVAMaryland: #26 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 104 boysMDDelaware: #23 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 81 boysDEArizona: #29 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 130 boysAZNew Mexico: #36 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 156 boysNMKansas: #48 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 198 boysKSArkansas: #48 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 172 boysARTennessee: #47 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 177 boysTNNorth Carolina: #35 for boys · 336 births · 1 in 153 boysNCSouth Carolina: #31 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 145 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #27 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 103 boysDCOklahoma: #55 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 218 boysOKLouisiana: #36 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 161 boysLAMississippi: #37 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 151 boysMSAlabama: #41 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 184 boysALGeorgia: #39 for boys · 269 births · 1 in 174 boysGAHawaii: #29 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 133 boysHITexas: #33 for boys · 756 births · 1 in 158 boysTXFlorida: #26 for boys · 411 births · 1 in 132 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#17 · 1 in 72
  2. Rhode Island#19 · 1 in 73
  3. Connecticut#20 · 1 in 71
  4. Massachusetts#21 · 1 in 73
  5. Pennsylvania#21 · 1 in 80

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#178511 in 72
Rhode Island#191201 in 73
Connecticut#203681 in 71
Massachusetts#217681 in 73
New York#212,0571 in 85
Pennsylvania#211,3871 in 80
Delaware#23611 in 81
Florida#264111 in 132
Illinois#268681 in 127
Maryland#263051 in 104
District of Columbia#271401 in 103
Arizona#291301 in 130
California#291,3611 in 137
Hawaii#29571 in 133
New Hampshire#29581 in 105
Ohio#307801 in 135
South Carolina#311881 in 145
Maine#32741 in 145
Michigan#325881 in 150
Nevada#32261 in 130
Virginia#323041 in 142
Texas#337561 in 158
Alaska#35221 in 145
North Carolina#353361 in 153
Louisiana#362511 in 161
New Mexico#36851 in 156
Mississippi#371781 in 151
Missouri#383001 in 155
Georgia#392691 in 174
Vermont#39271 in 142
Alabama#411981 in 184
Colorado#411191 in 181
Washington#421671 in 183
West Virginia#42881 in 201
Indiana#432771 in 189
Kentucky#441861 in 183
Montana#44421 in 176
Oregon#47941 in 183
Tennessee#472191 in 177
Arkansas#481141 in 172
Kansas#481111 in 198
Wisconsin#482141 in 213
Nebraska#50781 in 207
Wyoming#54171 in 193
Oklahoma#551081 in 218
Minnesota#591451 in 279
North Dakota#68261 in 264
Iowa#701071 in 272
Idaho#74241 in 291
South Dakota#76211 in 366
Utah#80371 in 326

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 1962

girls
#1,350
67 births · 1 in 29,352 girls
boys
#29
15,518 births · 1 in 133 boys

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #1,350Edward67

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #29Edward15,518
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 29,352 of them was named Edward, which outranked 82.2% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #1,344Phillis68
  2. #1,344Sanjuanita68
  3. #1,344Wilda68
  4. #1,350Edward67
  5. #1,350Antonette67
  6. #1,350Detra67
  7. #1,350Ericka67
  8. #1,359Adeline66
  9. #1,359Andria66
  10. #1,359Brinda66

Tied with 8 names at #1,350; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,281Tiffany#2,070 → #789
  2. ↑ 879Whitney#1,627 → #748
  3. ↑ 541Zina#1,533 → #992
  4. ↑ 414Glynis#1,406 → #992
  5. ↑ 408Lolita#978 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 300Fern#821 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 259Jacklyn#815 → #1,074
  3. ↓ 255Dorthy#929 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 224Laurene#943 → #1,167
  5. ↓ 215Jimmie#911 → #1,126

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

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 133 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.4% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #26Christopher17,535
  2. #27Douglas15,928
  3. #28Stephen15,616
  4. #29Edward15,518
  5. #30Todd12,752
  6. #31Larry12,711
  7. #32George12,544
Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 490Ritchie#1,262 → #772
  2. ↑ 353King#1,349 → #996
  3. ↑ 338Arlie#1,322 → #984
  4. ↑ 250Robb#1,052 → #802
  5. ↑ 243Pernell#928 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Mariano#928 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 349Michal#910 → #1,259
  3. ↓ 337Loran#958 → #1,295
  4. ↓ 292Sid#967 → #1,259
  5. ↓ 275Lorenza#940 → #1,215

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

See the top 100 for 1962 →