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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #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 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #31 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 106 boysAKMaine: #36 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 150 boysMEVermont: #33 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 126 boysVTNew Hampshire: #45 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 161 boysNHWashington: #48 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 233 boysWAIdaho: #73 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 278 boysIDMontana: #49 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 212 boysMTNorth Dakota: #71 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 285 boysNDMinnesota: #72 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 340 boysMNIllinois: #30 for boys · 711 births · 1 in 136 boysILWisconsin: #46 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 228 boysWIMichigan: #34 for boys · 543 births · 1 in 150 boysMINew York: #25 for boys · 1,532 births · 1 in 101 boysNYMassachusetts: #26 for boys · 513 births · 1 in 91 boysMARhode Island: #25 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 78 boysRIOregon: #55 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 248 boysORNevada: #43 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 181 boysNVWyoming: #50 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 193 boysWYSouth Dakota: #95 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 462 boysSDIowa: #62 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 279 boysIAIndiana: #43 for boys · 249 births · 1 in 192 boysINOhio: #35 for boys · 642 births · 1 in 151 boysOHPennsylvania: #28 for boys · 914 births · 1 in 103 boysPANew Jersey: #22 for boys · 611 births · 1 in 91 boysNJConnecticut: #26 for boys · 254 births · 1 in 91 boysCTCalifornia: #29 for boys · 1,184 births · 1 in 151 boysCAUtah: #91 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 398 boysUTColorado: #39 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 173 boysCONebraska: #53 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 231 boysNEMissouri: #39 for boys · 234 births · 1 in 169 boysMOKentucky: #43 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 198 boysKYWest Virginia: #35 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 152 boysWVVirginia: #29 for boys · 306 births · 1 in 125 boysVAMaryland: #29 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 121 boysMDDelaware: #27 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 99 boysDEArizona: #35 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 177 boysAZNew Mexico: #27 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 133 boysNMKansas: #52 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 211 boysKSArkansas: #53 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 229 boysARTennessee: #42 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 194 boysTNNorth Carolina: #36 for boys · 296 births · 1 in 154 boysNCSouth Carolina: #31 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 152 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #32 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 132 boysDCOklahoma: #54 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 222 boysOKLouisiana: #32 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 146 boysLAMississippi: #38 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 164 boysMSAlabama: #48 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 213 boysALGeorgia: #43 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 186 boysGAHawaii: #25 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 111 boysHITexas: #32 for boys · 662 births · 1 in 173 boysTXFlorida: #30 for boys · 388 births · 1 in 139 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#22 · 1 in 91
  2. Rhode Island#25 · 1 in 78
  3. New York#25 · 1 in 101
  4. Hawaii#25 · 1 in 111
  5. Massachusetts#26 · 1 in 91

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#226111 in 91
Hawaii#25601 in 111
New York#251,5321 in 101
Rhode Island#25951 in 78
Connecticut#262541 in 91
Massachusetts#265131 in 91
Delaware#27451 in 99
New Mexico#27721 in 133
Pennsylvania#289141 in 103
California#291,1841 in 151
Maryland#292321 in 121
Virginia#293061 in 125
Florida#303881 in 139
Illinois#307111 in 136
Alaska#31301 in 106
South Carolina#311541 in 152
District of Columbia#32921 in 132
Louisiana#322321 in 146
Texas#326621 in 173
Vermont#33281 in 126
Michigan#345431 in 150
Arizona#35961 in 177
Ohio#356421 in 151
West Virginia#35921 in 152
Maine#36531 in 150
North Carolina#362961 in 154
Mississippi#381291 in 164
Colorado#391141 in 173
Missouri#392341 in 169
Tennessee#421821 in 194
Georgia#432421 in 186
Indiana#432491 in 192
Kentucky#431461 in 198
Nevada#43211 in 181
New Hampshire#45361 in 161
Wisconsin#461611 in 228
Alabama#481451 in 213
Washington#481211 in 233
Montana#49251 in 212
Wyoming#50131 in 193
Kansas#52791 in 211
Arkansas#53701 in 229
Nebraska#53521 in 231
Oklahoma#54911 in 222
Oregon#55671 in 248
Iowa#62831 in 279
North Dakota#71181 in 285
Minnesota#72961 in 340
Idaho#73221 in 278
Utah#91311 in 398
South Dakota#95111 in 462

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 1970

girls
#1,562
62 births · 1 in 28,196 girls
boys
#31
12,275 births · 1 in 151 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #1,562Edward62

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #31Edward12,275
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 28,196 of them was named Edward, which outranked 83.3% of the 9,355 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. #1,544Terrell63
  2. #1,544Velvet63
  3. #1,544Yulonda63
  4. #1,562Edward62
  5. #1,562Jacklyn62
  6. #1,562Jamey62
  7. #1,562Jenelle62
  8. #1,570Cathie61
  9. #1,570Cecily61
  10. #1,570Giovanna61

Tied with 7 names at #1,562; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

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

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 151 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.4% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #28Todd14,426
  2. #29Ronald13,618
  3. #30Donald12,397
  4. #31Edward12,275
  5. #32Andrew11,989
  6. #33Patrick11,730
  7. #34Shawn10,945
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1970 →