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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #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 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #27 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 104 boysAKMaine: #31 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 135 boysMEVermont: #28 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 99 boysVTNew Hampshire: #32 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 115 boysNHWashington: #32 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 160 boysWAIdaho: #46 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 191 boysIDMontana: #31 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 131 boysMTNorth Dakota: #76 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 325 boysNDMinnesota: #61 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 277 boysMNIllinois: #26 for boys · 921 births · 1 in 115 boysILWisconsin: #45 for boys · 206 births · 1 in 206 boysWIMichigan: #32 for boys · 607 births · 1 in 139 boysMINew York: #23 for boys · 1,939 births · 1 in 89 boysNYMassachusetts: #22 for boys · 747 births · 1 in 72 boysMARhode Island: #20 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 66 boysRIOregon: #47 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 204 boysORNevada: #31 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 117 boysNVWyoming: #37 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 141 boysWYSouth Dakota: #60 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 260 boysSDIowa: #58 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 236 boysIAIndiana: #41 for boys · 297 births · 1 in 171 boysINOhio: #30 for boys · 814 births · 1 in 125 boysOHPennsylvania: #22 for boys · 1,333 births · 1 in 80 boysPANew Jersey: #19 for boys · 841 births · 1 in 73 boysNJConnecticut: #20 for boys · 360 births · 1 in 73 boysCTCalifornia: #29 for boys · 1,369 births · 1 in 134 boysCAUtah: #64 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 247 boysUTColorado: #38 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 158 boysCONebraska: #51 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 203 boysNEMissouri: #37 for boys · 283 births · 1 in 152 boysMOKentucky: #43 for boys · 204 births · 1 in 161 boysKYWest Virginia: #33 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 147 boysWVVirginia: #26 for boys · 377 births · 1 in 114 boysVAMaryland: #27 for boys · 318 births · 1 in 104 boysMDDelaware: #24 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 80 boysDEArizona: #21 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 112 boysAZNew Mexico: #23 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 118 boysNMKansas: #53 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 215 boysKSArkansas: #37 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 166 boysARTennessee: #46 for boys · 205 births · 1 in 187 boysTNNorth Carolina: #35 for boys · 318 births · 1 in 155 boysNCSouth Carolina: #31 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 143 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #27 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 109 boysDCOklahoma: #50 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 193 boysOKLouisiana: #30 for boys · 278 births · 1 in 143 boysLAMississippi: #30 for boys · 187 births · 1 in 135 boysMSAlabama: #38 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 164 boysALGeorgia: #38 for boys · 286 births · 1 in 167 boysGAHawaii: #27 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 119 boysHITexas: #31 for boys · 741 births · 1 in 152 boysTXFlorida: #26 for boys · 413 births · 1 in 127 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#19 · 1 in 73
  2. Rhode Island#20 · 1 in 66
  3. Connecticut#20 · 1 in 73
  4. Arizona#21 · 1 in 112
  5. Massachusetts#22 · 1 in 72

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#198411 in 73
Connecticut#203601 in 73
Rhode Island#201321 in 66
Arizona#211451 in 112
Massachusetts#227471 in 72
Pennsylvania#221,3331 in 80
New Mexico#23991 in 118
New York#231,9391 in 89
Delaware#24621 in 80
Florida#264131 in 127
Illinois#269211 in 115
Virginia#263771 in 114
Alaska#27301 in 104
District of Columbia#271301 in 109
Hawaii#27601 in 119
Maryland#273181 in 104
Vermont#28371 in 99
California#291,3691 in 134
Louisiana#302781 in 143
Mississippi#301871 in 135
Ohio#308141 in 125
Maine#31731 in 135
Montana#31501 in 131
Nevada#31331 in 117
South Carolina#311861 in 143
Texas#317411 in 152
Michigan#326071 in 139
New Hampshire#32521 in 115
Washington#321671 in 160
West Virginia#331161 in 147
North Carolina#353181 in 155
Arkansas#371151 in 166
Missouri#372831 in 152
Wyoming#37201 in 141
Alabama#382141 in 164
Colorado#381271 in 158
Georgia#382861 in 167
Indiana#412971 in 171
Kentucky#432041 in 161
Wisconsin#452061 in 206
Idaho#46311 in 191
Tennessee#462051 in 187
Oregon#47761 in 204
Oklahoma#501121 in 193
Nebraska#51701 in 203
Kansas#53911 in 215
Iowa#581141 in 236
South Dakota#60261 in 260
Minnesota#611341 in 277
Utah#64441 in 247
North Dakota#76191 in 325

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 1964

girls
#1,443
61 births · 1 in 31,063 girls
boys
#27
15,609 births · 1 in 128 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #1,443Edward61

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #27Edward15,609
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 31,063 of them was named Edward, which outranked 81.5% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #1,433Marlys62
  2. #1,433Stephani62
  3. #1,433Susannah62
  4. #1,443Edward61
  5. #1,443Bethanne61
  6. #1,443Carroll61
  7. #1,443Celine61
  8. #1,462Cris60
  9. #1,462Darnell60
  10. #1,462Imelda60

Tied with 18 names at #1,443; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 128 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.4% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #24Ronald18,844
  2. #25Donald18,045
  3. #26Gary17,206
  4. #27Edward15,609
  5. #28Todd15,350
  6. #29Stephen14,968
  7. #30Patrick14,692
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964 →