Edsel
Edsel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 399th, in 1927.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1927224 births
- Best rank
- #399in 1927
- Since 1914
- 3,957people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,957 boys have been named Edsel in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 224 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 224 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1935, and the 1920s alone account for 33%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Edsel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 204 | |
| 1920s | 1,323 | |
| 1930s | 665 | |
| 1940s | 445 | |
| 1950s | 448 | |
| 1960s | 234 | |
| 1970s | 138 | |
| 1980s | 140 | |
| 1990s | 124 | |
| 2000s | 111 | |
| 2010s | 86 | |
| 2020s | 39 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Edsel was the 399th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1927 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Edsel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Juniorpeak 1926
- Normandpeak 1929
- Keepeak 1924
- Fernandpeak 1923
- Deanepeak 1947
- Dormanpeak 1928
- Remopeak 1932
- Rodmanpeak 1928
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.