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.

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
18801900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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