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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #21 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 78 boysAKMaine: #34 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 129 boysMEVermont: #25 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 80 boysVTNew Hampshire: #42 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 152 boysNHWashington: #49 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 229 boysWAIdaho: #59 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 214 boysIDMontana: #64 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 249 boysMTNorth Dakota: #78 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 329 boysNDMinnesota: #61 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 309 boysMNIllinois: #30 for boys · 733 births · 1 in 125 boysILWisconsin: #54 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 273 boysWIMichigan: #37 for boys · 468 births · 1 in 163 boysMINew York: #23 for boys · 1,597 births · 1 in 93 boysNYMassachusetts: #24 for boys · 518 births · 1 in 88 boysMARhode Island: #26 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 91 boysRIOregon: #49 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 207 boysORNevada: #29 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 112 boysNVWyoming: #36 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 122 boysWYSouth Dakota: #63 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 255 boysSDIowa: #65 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 272 boysIAIndiana: #42 for boys · 236 births · 1 in 186 boysINOhio: #34 for boys · 584 births · 1 in 155 boysOHPennsylvania: #26 for boys · 994 births · 1 in 91 boysPANew Jersey: #20 for boys · 648 births · 1 in 81 boysNJConnecticut: #23 for boys · 281 births · 1 in 80 boysCTCalifornia: #31 for boys · 1,143 births · 1 in 146 boysCAUtah: #98 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 455 boysUTColorado: #36 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 145 boysCONebraska: #44 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 191 boysNEMissouri: #39 for boys · 205 births · 1 in 178 boysMOKentucky: #46 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 190 boysKYWest Virginia: #39 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 172 boysWVVirginia: #29 for boys · 281 births · 1 in 130 boysVAMaryland: #28 for boys · 254 births · 1 in 109 boysMDDelaware: #28 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 90 boysDEArizona: #27 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 119 boysAZNew Mexico: #25 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 117 boysNMKansas: #48 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 198 boysKSArkansas: #45 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 196 boysARTennessee: #44 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 187 boysTNNorth Carolina: #36 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 164 boysNCSouth Carolina: #30 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 143 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #25 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 93 boysDCOklahoma: #58 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 238 boysOKLouisiana: #32 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 149 boysLAMississippi: #34 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 147 boysMSAlabama: #38 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 156 boysALGeorgia: #44 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 193 boysGAHawaii: #26 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 107 boysHITexas: #33 for boys · 640 births · 1 in 160 boysTXFlorida: #27 for boys · 376 births · 1 in 126 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#20 · 1 in 81
  2. Alaska#21 · 1 in 78
  3. Connecticut#23 · 1 in 80
  4. New York#23 · 1 in 93
  5. Massachusetts#24 · 1 in 88

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#206481 in 81
Alaska#21351 in 78
Connecticut#232811 in 80
New York#231,5971 in 93
Massachusetts#245181 in 88
District of Columbia#251271 in 93
New Mexico#25751 in 117
Vermont#25391 in 80
Hawaii#26551 in 107
Pennsylvania#269941 in 91
Rhode Island#26781 in 91
Arizona#271221 in 119
Florida#273761 in 126
Delaware#28471 in 90
Maryland#282541 in 109
Nevada#29301 in 112
Virginia#292811 in 130
Illinois#307331 in 125
South Carolina#301561 in 143
California#311,1431 in 146
Louisiana#322301 in 149
Texas#336401 in 160
Maine#34601 in 129
Mississippi#341371 in 147
Ohio#345841 in 155
Colorado#361231 in 145
North Carolina#362641 in 164
Wyoming#36181 in 122
Michigan#374681 in 163
Alabama#381861 in 156
Missouri#392051 in 178
West Virginia#39801 in 172
Indiana#422361 in 186
New Hampshire#42351 in 152
Georgia#442121 in 193
Nebraska#44581 in 191
Tennessee#441741 in 187
Arkansas#45761 in 196
Kentucky#461431 in 190
Kansas#48781 in 198
Oregon#49721 in 207
Washington#491161 in 229
Wisconsin#541301 in 273
Oklahoma#58771 in 238
Idaho#59251 in 214
Minnesota#611001 in 309
South Dakota#63191 in 255
Montana#64201 in 249
Iowa#65831 in 272
North Dakota#78151 in 329
Utah#98231 in 455

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 1968

girls
#1,347
68 births · 1 in 24,123 girls
boys
#31
12,276 births · 1 in 142 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #1,347Edward68

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #31Edward12,276
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 24,123 of them was named Edward, which outranked 83.6% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #1,334Tiffanie69
  2. #1,334Tony69
  3. #1,334Treasa69
  4. #1,347Edward68
  5. #1,347Catalina68
  6. #1,347Chantell68
  7. #1,347Devona68
  8. #1,365Damaris67
  9. #1,365Darcey67
  10. #1,365Kenna67

Tied with 17 names at #1,347; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 142 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.3% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #28Todd14,659
  2. #29Donald13,362
  3. #30Patrick13,062
  4. #31Edward12,276
  5. #32Gary11,973
  6. #33Douglas11,405
  7. #34Andrew10,563
Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 649Dustin#1,018 → #369
  2. ↑ 567Damion#1,411 → #844
  3. ↑ 490Korey#1,388 → #898
  4. ↑ 434Darby#1,364 → #930
  5. ↑ 393Jamal#1,181 → #788
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Illya#968 → #1,894
  2. ↓ 357Maury#925 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 298Cedrick#885 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 290Dell#875 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 257Faron#843 → #1,100

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →