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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #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 1971

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #39 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 152 boysAKMaine: #35 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 134 boysMEVermont: #28 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 94 boysVTNew Hampshire: #38 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 127 boysNHWashington: #50 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 224 boysWAIdaho: #67 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 256 boysIDMontana: #66 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 286 boysMTNorth Dakota: #93 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 438 boysNDMinnesota: #62 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 261 boysMNIllinois: #32 for boys · 633 births · 1 in 144 boysILWisconsin: #60 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 276 boysWIMichigan: #36 for boys · 478 births · 1 in 160 boysMINew York: #25 for boys · 1,265 births · 1 in 108 boysNYMassachusetts: #29 for boys · 406 births · 1 in 105 boysMARhode Island: #25 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 85 boysRIOregon: #52 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 227 boysORNevada: #31 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 125 boysNVWyoming: #44 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 179 boysWYSouth Dakota: #81 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 347 boysSDIowa: #67 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 295 boysIAIndiana: #53 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 234 boysINOhio: #37 for boys · 576 births · 1 in 160 boysOHPennsylvania: #27 for boys · 903 births · 1 in 98 boysPANew Jersey: #22 for boys · 603 births · 1 in 86 boysNJConnecticut: #24 for boys · 234 births · 1 in 88 boysCTCalifornia: #30 for boys · 1,052 births · 1 in 154 boysCAUtah: #122 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 596 boysUTColorado: #43 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 190 boysCONebraska: #60 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 249 boysNEMissouri: #49 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 215 boysMOKentucky: #45 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 198 boysKYWest Virginia: #43 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 188 boysWVVirginia: #32 for boys · 252 births · 1 in 146 boysVAMaryland: #31 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 116 boysMDDelaware: #23 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 87 boysDEArizona: #28 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 145 boysAZNew Mexico: #28 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 130 boysNMKansas: #59 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 268 boysKSArkansas: #56 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 231 boysARTennessee: #46 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 212 boysTNNorth Carolina: #39 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 173 boysNCSouth Carolina: #31 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 157 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #34 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 140 boysDCOklahoma: #46 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 196 boysOKLouisiana: #36 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 171 boysLAMississippi: #48 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 229 boysMSAlabama: #48 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 196 boysALGeorgia: #48 for boys · 209 births · 1 in 210 boysGAHawaii: #26 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 107 boysHITexas: #32 for boys · 620 births · 1 in 184 boysTXFlorida: #32 for boys · 377 births · 1 in 143 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#22 · 1 in 86
  2. Delaware#23 · 1 in 87
  3. Connecticut#24 · 1 in 88
  4. Rhode Island#25 · 1 in 85
  5. New York#25 · 1 in 108

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#226031 in 86
Delaware#23491 in 87
Connecticut#242341 in 88
New York#251,2651 in 108
Rhode Island#25791 in 85
Hawaii#26581 in 107
Pennsylvania#279031 in 98
Arizona#281201 in 145
New Mexico#28741 in 130
Vermont#28351 in 94
Massachusetts#294061 in 105
California#301,0521 in 154
Maryland#312281 in 116
Nevada#31301 in 125
South Carolina#311491 in 157
Florida#323771 in 143
Illinois#326331 in 144
Texas#326201 in 184
Virginia#322521 in 146
District of Columbia#34771 in 140
Maine#35601 in 134
Louisiana#361941 in 171
Michigan#364781 in 160
Ohio#375761 in 160
New Hampshire#38451 in 127
Alaska#39211 in 152
North Carolina#392581 in 173
Colorado#431001 in 190
West Virginia#43771 in 188
Wyoming#44131 in 179
Kentucky#451471 in 198
Oklahoma#461031 in 196
Tennessee#461631 in 212
Alabama#481541 in 196
Georgia#482091 in 210
Mississippi#48931 in 229
Missouri#491781 in 215
Washington#501131 in 224
Oregon#52691 in 227
Indiana#531961 in 234
Arkansas#56691 in 231
Kansas#59591 in 268
Nebraska#60461 in 249
Wisconsin#601231 in 276
Minnesota#621141 in 261
Montana#66181 in 286
Idaho#67231 in 256
Iowa#67731 in 295
South Dakota#81141 in 347
North Dakota#93111 in 438
Utah#122211 in 596

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 1971

girls
#1,488
68 births · 1 in 24,468 girls
boys
#32
11,062 births · 1 in 160 boys

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #1,488Edward68

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #32Edward11,062
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 24,468 of them was named Edward, which outranked 84.6% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #1,473Nola69
  2. #1,473Sabra69
  3. #1,473Wendie69
  4. #1,488Edward68
  5. #1,488Aaron68
  6. #1,488Alexa68
  7. #1,488Aundrea68
  8. #1,500Annamaria67
  9. #1,500Brigid67
  10. #1,500Donald67

Tied with 11 names at #1,488; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,115Yesenia#2,522 → #407
  2. ↑ 1,431Shayla#2,267 → #836
  3. ↑ 853Ebony#1,681 → #828
  4. ↑ 749Consuela#1,706 → #957
  5. ↑ 510Candida#1,196 → #686
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Sebrina#916 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 382Janene#684 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 375Treena#989 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 356Tisa#910 → #1,266
  5. ↓ 351Shaun#929 → #1,280

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

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 160 of them was named Edward, which outranked 99.4% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edward
  1. #29Chad12,137
  2. #30Todd12,055
  3. #31Ronald11,617
  4. #32Edward11,062
  5. #33Andrew10,911
  6. #34Donald10,872
  7. #35Patrick10,808
Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 754Germaine#1,582 → #828
  2. ↑ 626Jeramie#1,546 → #920
  3. ↑ 512Jeremey#1,396 → #884
  4. ↑ 473Jarod#1,337 → #864
  5. ↑ 454Jamel#1,374 → #920
Fallers
  1. ↓ 328Adolph#926 → #1,254
  2. ↓ 272Dwane#1,000 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 266Bronson#861 → #1,127
  4. ↓ 244Mitch#921 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 242Enrico#839 → #1,081

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

See the top 100 for 1971 →