Edward
Edward is ranked 228th among boys in 2024 (1,584 births). Its best rank was 8th, in 1912–1923.
- Rank in 2024
- #228down 15 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,5840.09% of boys
- Peak year
- 192421,126 births
- Best rank
- #8first in 1912
- Since 1880
- 1,307,348people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,301,987 boys have been named Edward in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 21,126 births — 1.9% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 1,584 births in 2024, against 21,126 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1920s alone account for 15%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 118 of them in the top 100 and 40 in the top 10.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 5,361 girls have also been given it, 0.41% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Edward | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23,133 | |
| 1890s | 22,033 | |
| 1900s | 24,516 | |
| 1910s | 125,720 | |
| 1920s | 197,347 | |
| 1930s | 147,848 | |
| 1940s | 174,798 | |
| 1950s | 188,328 | |
| 1960s | 143,980 | |
| 1970s | 83,436 | |
| 1980s | 60,833 | |
| 1990s | 45,164 | |
| 2000s | 30,827 | |
| 2010s | 25,257 | |
| 2020s | 8,767 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Edward was the 9th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Edward
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Edmondpeak 1920
- Frederickpeak 1951
- Dudleypeak 1931
- Nedpeak 1939
- Shermanpeak 1950
- Johnpeak 1947
- Petepeak 1959
- Louispeak 1921
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.