Edison
#1,029 most common boys' name of all time · #2,437 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1891–2025
Rank among boys
#1,029
Rank overall
#2,437 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
133 of 146
All-time
12,738
Since 2016
4,237
Peak year
2018 #538
Best rank
#538 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 554/yr
Edison first appears in 1891. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 276 | 276 | #867 |
| 2024 | 9 | 302 | 311 | #826 |
| 2023 | 11 | 297 | 308 | #823 |
| 2022 | 13 | 347 | 360 | #741 |
| 2021 | 21 | 452 | 473 | #616 |
| 2020 | 17 | 458 | 475 | #599 |
| 2019 | 13 | 466 | 479 | #594 |
| 2018 | 32 | 522 | 554 | #538 |
| 2017 | 14 | 495 | 509 | #555 |
| 2016 | 11 | 481 | 492 | #576 |
| 2015 | 10 | 420 | 430 | #636 |
| 2014 | 10 | 361 | 371 | #692 |
| 2013 | 10 | 366 | 376 | #662 |
| 2012 | 13 | 304 | 317 | #751 |
| 2011 | 12 | 292 | 304 | #770 |
| 2010 | 7 | 229 | 236 | #896 |
| 2009 | 8 | 194 | 202 | #1,011 |
| 2008 | — | 182 | 182 | #1,043 |
| 2007 | — | 202 | 202 | #974 |
| 2006 | — | 195 | 195 | #956 |
| 2005 | — | 171 | 171 | #1,003 |
| 2004 | — | 159 | 159 | #1,031 |
| 2003 | 5 | 145 | 150 | #1,071 |
| 2002 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,154 |
| 2001 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,258 |
| 2000 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,542 |
| 1999 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,400 |
| 1997 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,554 |
| 1996 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,589 |
| 1995 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,783 |
| 1994 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,693 |
| 1993 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,724 |
| 1992 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,475 |
| 1991 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,509 |
| 1990 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,593 |
| 1989 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,664 |
| 1988 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,253 |
| 1987 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,442 |
| 1986 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,518 |
| 1985 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,549 |
| 1984 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,664 |
| 1983 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,599 |
| 1982 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,783 |
| 1981 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,610 |
| 1980 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,871 |
| 1979 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,836 |
| 1978 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,600 |
| 1977 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,914 |
| 1976 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,759 |
| 1975 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,567 |
| 1974 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,279 |
| 1973 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,444 |
| 1972 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,661 |
| 1971 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,406 |
| 1970 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,326 |
| 1969 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,546 |
| 1968 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,298 |
| 1967 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,260 |
| 1966 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,081 |
| 1965 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,241 |
| 1964 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,064 |
| 1963 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,288 |
| 1962 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,052 |
| 1961 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,008 |
| 1960 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,123 |
| 1959 | — | 68 | 68 | #934 |
| 1958 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,125 |
| 1957 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,194 |
| 1956 | — | 61 | 61 | #961 |
| 1955 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,008 |
| 1954 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,025 |
| 1953 | — | 54 | 54 | #981 |
| 1952 | — | 56 | 56 | #959 |
| 1951 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,032 |
| 1950 | — | 56 | 56 | #920 |
| 1949 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,023 |
| 1948 | — | 50 | 50 | #997 |
| 1947 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,074 |
| 1946 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,028 |
| 1945 | — | 47 | 47 | #949 |
| 1944 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,012 |
| 1943 | — | 49 | 49 | #965 |
| 1942 | — | 48 | 48 | #964 |
| 1941 | — | 53 | 53 | #874 |
| 1940 | — | 43 | 43 | #990 |
| 1939 | — | 43 | 43 | #970 |
| 1938 | — | 43 | 43 | #973 |
| 1937 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,012 |
| 1936 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,001 |
| 1935 | — | 53 | 53 | #866 |
| 1934 | — | 47 | 47 | #929 |
| 1933 | — | 43 | 43 | #973 |
| 1932 | — | 57 | 57 | #848 |
| 1931 | — | 77 | 77 | #687 |
| 1930 | — | 59 | 59 | #862 |
| 1929 | — | 66 | 66 | #797 |
| 1928 | — | 58 | 58 | #881 |
| 1927 | — | 79 | 79 | #740 |
| 1926 | — | 63 | 63 | #837 |
| 1925 | — | 58 | 58 | #887 |
| 1924 | — | 82 | 82 | #734 |
| 1923 | — | 87 | 87 | #697 |
| 1922 | — | 104 | 104 | #636 |
| 1921 | — | 86 | 86 | #704 |
| 1920 | — | 88 | 88 | #686 |
| 1919 | — | 85 | 85 | #676 |
| 1918 | — | 107 | 107 | #590 |
| 1917 | — | 118 | 118 | #539 |
| 1916 | — | 84 | 84 | #640 |
| 1915 | — | 81 | 81 | #646 |
| 1914 | — | 49 | 49 | #757 |
| 1913 | — | 47 | 47 | #654 |
| 1912 | — | 43 | 43 | #647 |
| 1911 | — | 18 | 18 | #787 |
| 1910 | — | 17 | 17 | #751 |
| 1909 | — | 16 | 16 | #712 |
| 1908 | — | 10 | 10 | #937 |
| 1907 | — | 13 | 13 | #773 |
| 1906 | — | 10 | 10 | #841 |
| 1905 | — | 10 | 10 | #831 |
| 1904 | — | 14 | 14 | #646 |
| 1902 | — | 14 | 14 | #614 |
| 1901 | — | 7 | 7 | #928 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,443 |
| 1899 | — | 7 | 7 | #916 |
| 1898 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,100 |
| 1897 | — | 12 | 12 | #650 |
| 1896 | — | 7 | 7 | #972 |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,218 |
| 1893 | — | 12 | 12 | #614 |
| 1892 | — | 8 | 8 | #857 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #953 |