Edwards
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 425since 1912
Edwards over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Edwards has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
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| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Edwards! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Edwards is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Edwards in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Edwards
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 727 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1912 at #2,045 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1914, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 61,420
- Highest: 1 in 61,420 boys born in 1912 were named Edwards (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 16.7% of all boys named Edwards (71) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 48 | #2,045 (1912) | #3,033 |
| 1920s | 71 | #2,298 (1927) | #3,434 |
| 1930s | 44 | #2,313 (1932) | #3,110 |
| 1940s | 42 | #2,403 (1946) | #3,034 |
| 1950s | 30 | #3,290 (1959) | #3,507 |
| 1960s | 48 | #3,050 (1964) | #3,726 |
| 1970s | 26 | #3,370 (1971) | #4,442 |
| 1980s | 11 | #5,926 (1986) | #6,094 |
| 1990s | 21 | #7,422 (1992) | #8,646 |
| 2000s | 51 | #6,976 (2004) | #10,054 |
| 2010s | 11 | #10,728 (2013) | #11,480 |
| 2020s | 22 | #8,987 (2024) | #9,472 |
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.
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