Edward
#20 most common boys' name of all time · #26 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#20
Rank overall
#26 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,308,955
Since 2016
19,556
Peak year
1924 #9
Best rank
#8 1912
Girls
Boys
peak 21,223/yr
Edward 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 1,591 | 1,591 | #224 |
| 2024 | — | 1,589 | 1,589 | #228 |
| 2023 | — | 1,737 | 1,737 | #213 |
| 2022 | — | 1,752 | 1,752 | #216 |
| 2021 | — | 1,749 | 1,749 | #218 |
| 2020 | — | 1,952 | 1,952 | #195 |
| 2019 | — | 2,054 | 2,054 | #192 |
| 2018 | — | 2,286 | 2,286 | #170 |
| 2017 | — | 2,328 | 2,328 | #169 |
| 2016 | — | 2,518 | 2,518 | #162 |
| 2015 | — | 2,602 | 2,602 | #158 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2,591 | 2,596 | #162 |
| 2013 | — | 2,711 | 2,711 | #145 |
| 2012 | — | 2,597 | 2,597 | #157 |
| 2011 | — | 2,671 | 2,671 | #148 |
| 2010 | — | 2,905 | 2,905 | #136 |
| 2009 | — | 2,988 | 2,988 | #137 |
| 2008 | — | 2,796 | 2,796 | #148 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,828 | 2,835 | #145 |
| 2006 | — | 2,871 | 2,871 | #141 |
| 2005 | — | 2,975 | 2,975 | #134 |
| 2004 | 10 | 3,156 | 3,166 | #129 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,114 | 3,119 | #130 |
| 2002 | 6 | 3,244 | 3,250 | #119 |
| 2001 | 8 | 3,376 | 3,384 | #113 |
| 2000 | 11 | 3,485 | 3,496 | #108 |
| 1999 | — | 3,597 | 3,597 | #103 |
| 1998 | 8 | 3,575 | 3,583 | #105 |
| 1997 | 5 | 3,915 | 3,920 | #100 |
| 1996 | 10 | 4,073 | 4,083 | #96 |
| 1995 | 9 | 4,143 | 4,152 | #88 |
| 1994 | 18 | 4,520 | 4,538 | #84 |
| 1993 | 18 | 4,790 | 4,808 | #78 |
| 1992 | 18 | 5,233 | 5,251 | #70 |
| 1991 | 19 | 5,572 | 5,591 | #68 |
| 1990 | 19 | 5,746 | 5,765 | #68 |
| 1989 | 25 | 5,849 | 5,874 | #62 |
| 1988 | 40 | 5,801 | 5,841 | #62 |
| 1987 | 40 | 5,913 | 5,953 | #61 |
| 1986 | 40 | 5,777 | 5,817 | #61 |
| 1985 | 44 | 5,869 | 5,913 | #59 |
| 1984 | 43 | 5,914 | 5,957 | #58 |
| 1983 | 33 | 6,005 | 6,038 | #55 |
| 1982 | 52 | 6,281 | 6,333 | #53 |
| 1981 | 46 | 6,661 | 6,707 | #51 |
| 1980 | 61 | 6,762 | 6,823 | #52 |
| 1979 | 66 | 6,877 | 6,943 | #48 |
| 1978 | 53 | 6,473 | 6,526 | #47 |
| 1977 | 46 | 6,840 | 6,886 | #47 |
| 1976 | 50 | 7,048 | 7,098 | #45 |
| 1975 | 57 | 7,381 | 7,438 | #41 |
| 1974 | 57 | 7,817 | 7,874 | #40 |
| 1973 | 59 | 8,360 | 8,419 | #39 |
| 1972 | 78 | 9,292 | 9,370 | #34 |
| 1971 | 68 | 11,062 | 11,130 | #32 |
| 1970 | 62 | 12,275 | 12,337 | #31 |
| 1969 | 69 | 12,451 | 12,520 | #32 |
| 1968 | 68 | 12,276 | 12,344 | #31 |
| 1967 | 61 | 12,652 | 12,713 | #31 |
| 1966 | 63 | 13,279 | 13,342 | #30 |
| 1965 | 84 | 14,404 | 14,488 | #29 |
| 1964 | 61 | 15,609 | 15,670 | #27 |
| 1963 | 65 | 15,323 | 15,388 | #27 |
| 1962 | 67 | 15,518 | 15,585 | #29 |
| 1961 | 68 | 15,877 | 15,945 | #29 |
| 1960 | 70 | 16,595 | 16,665 | #26 |
| 1959 | 63 | 16,914 | 16,977 | #27 |
| 1958 | 65 | 17,377 | 17,442 | #28 |
| 1957 | 57 | 18,711 | 18,768 | #25 |
| 1956 | 70 | 19,436 | 19,506 | #25 |
| 1955 | 51 | 19,280 | 19,331 | #25 |
| 1954 | 44 | 19,493 | 19,537 | #22 |
| 1953 | 49 | 18,984 | 19,033 | #23 |
| 1952 | 54 | 19,501 | 19,555 | #23 |
| 1951 | 43 | 19,913 | 19,956 | #23 |
| 1950 | 61 | 18,714 | 18,775 | #22 |
| 1949 | 50 | 19,174 | 19,224 | #21 |
| 1948 | 51 | 18,983 | 19,034 | #19 |
| 1947 | 55 | 20,539 | 20,594 | #19 |
| 1946 | 52 | 18,585 | 18,637 | #19 |
| 1945 | 44 | 15,870 | 15,914 | #18 |
| 1944 | 49 | 16,482 | 16,531 | #18 |
| 1943 | 55 | 17,713 | 17,768 | #18 |
| 1942 | 70 | 17,470 | 17,540 | #17 |
| 1941 | 47 | 15,580 | 15,627 | #17 |
| 1940 | 45 | 14,405 | 14,450 | #16 |
| 1939 | 50 | 14,427 | 14,477 | #15 |
| 1938 | 57 | 14,551 | 14,608 | #13 |
| 1937 | 59 | 14,930 | 14,989 | #13 |
| 1936 | 64 | 14,194 | 14,258 | #13 |
| 1935 | 69 | 13,844 | 13,913 | #13 |
| 1934 | 66 | 13,917 | 13,983 | #13 |
| 1933 | 60 | 13,797 | 13,857 | #11 |
| 1932 | 86 | 15,191 | 15,277 | #11 |
| 1931 | 101 | 15,646 | 15,747 | #11 |
| 1930 | 102 | 17,352 | 17,454 | #10 |
| 1929 | 132 | 17,220 | 17,352 | #10 |
| 1928 | 138 | 18,492 | 18,630 | #10 |
| 1927 | 112 | 19,115 | 19,227 | #10 |
| 1926 | 113 | 19,375 | 19,488 | #10 |
| 1925 | 106 | 20,090 | 20,196 | #9 |
| 1924 | 97 | 21,126 | 21,223 | #9 |
| 1923 | 79 | 20,597 | 20,676 | #8 |
| 1922 | 93 | 20,419 | 20,512 | #8 |
| 1921 | 80 | 20,817 | 20,897 | #8 |
| 1920 | 64 | 20,097 | 20,161 | #8 |
| 1919 | 65 | 18,536 | 18,601 | #8 |
| 1918 | 63 | 19,489 | 19,552 | #8 |
| 1917 | 61 | 17,501 | 17,562 | #8 |
| 1916 | 43 | 17,005 | 17,048 | #8 |
| 1915 | 53 | 15,889 | 15,942 | #8 |
| 1914 | 48 | 12,319 | 12,367 | #8 |
| 1913 | 42 | 9,474 | 9,516 | #8 |
| 1912 | 27 | 7,936 | 7,963 | #8 |
| 1911 | 11 | 4,164 | 4,175 | #9 |
| 1910 | 18 | 3,407 | 3,425 | #9 |
| 1909 | 12 | 2,935 | 2,947 | #9 |
| 1908 | 7 | 2,707 | 2,714 | #9 |
| 1907 | 9 | 2,576 | 2,585 | #9 |
| 1906 | 9 | 2,398 | 2,407 | #9 |
| 1905 | 11 | 2,366 | 2,377 | #9 |
| 1904 | 7 | 2,335 | 2,342 | #9 |
| 1903 | 10 | 2,268 | 2,278 | #9 |
| 1902 | 12 | 2,294 | 2,306 | #9 |
| 1901 | — | 1,917 | 1,917 | #9 |
| 1900 | 8 | 2,720 | 2,728 | #9 |
| 1899 | 9 | 1,901 | 1,910 | #9 |
| 1898 | 9 | 2,337 | 2,346 | #9 |
| 1897 | 10 | 2,121 | 2,131 | #9 |
| 1896 | 9 | 2,296 | 2,305 | #9 |
| 1895 | 13 | 2,203 | 2,216 | #10 |
| 1894 | 13 | 2,179 | 2,192 | #11 |
| 1893 | 10 | 2,309 | 2,319 | #9 |
| 1892 | 9 | 2,416 | 2,425 | #11 |
| 1891 | 6 | 1,989 | 1,995 | #11 |
| 1890 | 13 | 2,282 | 2,295 | #11 |
| 1889 | 12 | 2,299 | 2,311 | #10 |
| 1888 | 9 | 2,470 | 2,479 | #11 |
| 1887 | 11 | 2,125 | 2,136 | #11 |
| 1886 | 11 | 2,312 | 2,323 | #11 |
| 1885 | 5 | 2,220 | 2,225 | #11 |
| 1884 | 9 | 2,439 | 2,448 | #11 |
| 1883 | 7 | 2,250 | 2,257 | #11 |
| 1882 | 5 | 2,477 | 2,482 | #11 |
| 1881 | — | 2,177 | 2,177 | #10 |
| 1880 | — | 2,364 | 2,364 | #11 |