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.

Edwards

#7,987 most common boys' name of all time · #20,120 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#7,987
Rank overall
#20,120 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
425
Since 2016
22
Peak year
1923 #2,405
Best rank
#2,225 1912
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
192019401960198020002020

Edwards first appears in 1912. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 7 7 #9,770
2024 — 8 8 #9,058
2021 — 7 7 #9,782
2013 — 6 6 #10,800
2010 — 5 5 #12,346
2009 — 7 7 #9,930
2008 — 6 6 #11,126
2007 — 6 6 #10,998
2006 — 5 5 #12,175
2004 — 10 10 #7,033
2003 — 5 5 #11,017
2001 — 7 7 #8,415
2000 — 5 5 #10,458
1999 — 5 5 #10,042
1996 — 5 5 #9,120
1992 — 6 6 #7,539
1991 — 5 5 #8,391
1986 — 6 6 #6,043
1981 — 5 5 #6,426
1975 — 7 7 #4,417
1973 — 5 5 #5,236
1972 — 5 5 #5,134
1971 — 9 9 #3,458
1969 — 6 6 #4,056
1968 — 5 5 #4,293
1967 — 5 5 #4,116
1966 — 6 6 #3,659
1964 — 8 8 #3,136
1963 — 5 5 #4,213
1961 — 8 8 #3,190
1960 — 5 5 #4,212
1959 — 7 7 #3,405
1957 — 6 6 #3,727
1955 — 6 6 #3,649
1954 — 6 6 #3,574
1952 — 5 5 #3,900
1949 — 5 5 #3,855
1948 — 5 5 #3,846
1946 — 10 10 #2,484
1944 — 8 8 #2,743
1942 — 7 7 #3,068
1941 — 7 7 #2,990
1938 — 5 5 #3,706
1937 — 5 5 #3,702
1934 — 5 5 #3,837
1932 — 11 11 #2,410
1931 — 11 11 #2,425
1930 — 7 7 #3,396
1929 — 7 7 #3,364
1928 — 5 5 #4,307
1927 — 13 13 #2,372
1925 — 5 5 #4,366
1924 — 5 5 #4,504
1923 — 13 13 #2,405
1922 — 8 8 #3,356
1921 — 5 5 #4,455
1920 — 10 10 #2,868
1919 — 7 7 #3,516
1918 — 5 5 #4,319
1917 — 6 6 #3,669
1916 — 7 7 #3,308
1915 — 9 9 #2,743
1913 — 7 7 #2,427
1912 — 7 7 #2,225