Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Edgar

#223 most common boys' name of all time · #485 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#223
Rank overall
#485 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
157,919
Since 2016
8,025
Peak year
2005 #168
Best rank
#50 1881
Girls Boys peak 2,459/yr
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Edgar is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 617 617 #486
2024 — 682 682 #458
2023 — 714 714 #436
2022 — 775 775 #417
2021 — 758 758 #412
2020 — 789 789 #391
2019 — 812 812 #386
2018 — 925 925 #357
2017 — 940 940 #356
2016 — 1,013 1,013 #342
2015 — 1,114 1,114 #317
2014 — 1,180 1,180 #302
2013 — 1,210 1,210 #286
2012 — 1,317 1,317 #269
2011 5 1,468 1,473 #243
2010 — 1,644 1,644 #217
2009 6 1,908 1,914 #201
2008 — 2,064 2,064 #195
2007 — 2,420 2,420 #168
2006 — 2,392 2,392 #171
2005 5 2,454 2,459 #168
2004 8 2,385 2,393 #171
2003 — 2,320 2,320 #172
2002 — 2,195 2,195 #175
2001 10 2,376 2,386 #160
2000 — 2,072 2,072 #177
1999 6 2,036 2,042 #173
1998 10 2,047 2,057 #167
1997 14 2,115 2,129 #161
1996 9 2,359 2,368 #148
1995 14 2,321 2,335 #152
1994 12 2,393 2,405 #147
1993 19 2,263 2,282 #148
1992 15 2,207 2,222 #148
1991 17 2,267 2,284 #142
1990 25 2,207 2,232 #143
1989 19 2,106 2,125 #147
1988 21 1,616 1,637 #173
1987 14 1,603 1,617 #169
1986 10 1,020 1,030 #230
1985 8 880 888 #257
1984 15 834 849 #258
1983 11 896 907 #245
1982 11 832 843 #262
1981 5 933 938 #240
1980 8 888 896 #252
1979 7 803 810 #262
1978 10 689 699 #281
1977 5 711 716 #275
1976 5 665 670 #283
1975 8 717 725 #271
1974 6 652 658 #285
1973 5 594 599 #299
1972 7 634 641 #291
1971 — 674 674 #296
1970 7 666 673 #303
1969 6 637 643 #301
1968 5 596 601 #308
1967 9 590 599 #303
1966 8 581 589 #309
1965 — 603 603 #309
1964 5 721 726 #292
1963 8 653 661 #305
1962 5 693 698 #295
1961 — 695 695 #293
1960 — 716 716 #294
1959 — 752 752 #287
1958 — 751 751 #281
1957 5 773 778 #272
1956 — 851 851 #247
1955 — 933 933 #233
1954 — 913 913 #234
1953 — 897 897 #224
1952 — 889 889 #224
1951 — 938 938 #212
1950 — 937 937 #209
1949 — 914 914 #211
1948 — 975 975 #201
1947 — 1,056 1,056 #193
1946 — 909 909 #193
1945 — 869 869 #180
1944 — 976 976 #172
1943 — 1,082 1,082 #168
1942 — 1,049 1,049 #164
1941 6 989 995 #167
1940 — 985 985 #164
1939 7 1,008 1,015 #158
1938 7 1,030 1,037 #157
1937 — 1,068 1,068 #145
1936 6 1,068 1,074 #143
1935 7 1,145 1,152 #138
1934 5 1,148 1,153 #137
1933 8 1,183 1,191 #135
1932 9 1,307 1,316 #135
1931 12 1,377 1,389 #122
1930 16 1,526 1,542 #119
1929 11 1,487 1,498 #116
1928 17 1,600 1,617 #114
1927 11 1,723 1,734 #107
1926 15 1,677 1,692 #109
1925 10 1,809 1,819 #96
1924 12 1,878 1,890 #96
1923 9 1,897 1,906 #94
1922 11 1,923 1,934 #93
1921 13 2,014 2,027 #90
1920 13 2,029 2,042 #89
1919 12 1,986 1,998 #89
1918 11 2,085 2,096 #89
1917 11 1,920 1,931 #88
1916 11 1,874 1,885 #88
1915 10 1,895 1,905 #85
1914 7 1,361 1,368 #87
1913 5 1,087 1,092 #87
1912 5 945 950 #85
1911 — 486 486 #83
1910 5 441 446 #80
1909 — 347 347 #86
1908 — 360 360 #76
1907 — 321 321 #81
1906 — 301 301 #79
1905 — 315 315 #78
1904 — 299 299 #80
1903 — 259 259 #81
1902 — 307 307 #76
1901 — 271 271 #71
1900 — 374 374 #71
1899 — 249 249 #80
1898 5 285 290 #72
1897 — 278 278 #69
1896 — 306 306 #68
1895 — 323 323 #64
1894 — 313 313 #64
1893 — 310 310 #63
1892 — 303 303 #67
1891 — 277 277 #64
1890 5 338 343 #61
1889 — 322 322 #60
1888 — 321 321 #65
1887 — 266 266 #64
1886 — 309 309 #61
1885 — 303 303 #60
1884 — 290 290 #63
1883 — 292 292 #58
1882 — 308 308 #58
1881 — 312 312 #50
1880 5 283 288 #61