Boy

Edd

Meaning not yet researched.

2025 rank
—
under 5 boys
Peak
#199
in 1887
1950
#1,091
rank

Edd: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #199 in 1887.

US births per year · SSA card applications

Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #199 in 1887. No US babies were recorded with the name Edd in 2025.

Baby name · US data 1880–2025

Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #199 in 1887.

Babies in 2025
0
Since 1880
5,451
Years on record
112

Babies named Edd, every year since 1880

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Boys

Edd: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #199 in 1887 · most boys in one year: 163 (1919).

About the name Edd

Fewer than five US boys were named Edd in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #199, reached in 1887. The most boys given the name in a single year was 163, in 1919. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #1,091 in 1950.

Social Security card records list Edd in 112 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 52 babies. In all, 5,451 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,034 babies named Edd.

In none of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 were five or more US boys named Edd.

Related spellings in the SSA files include Ed (26,370 babies since 1880) and Eyad (1,421 babies since 1880).

Meaning

Meaning not yet researched.

We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.

Related spellings

Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.

Nicknames

No nicknames listed for Edd in the open dataset we use.

Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).

Rank by year

Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.

CSV
YearGirlsGirls rankBoysBoys rank
2006——5#12,568
2005——6#10,470
2002——7#8,715
1990——5#8,504
1988——5#7,618
1986——5#7,036
1985——5#6,838
1984——11#3,774
1983——5#6,532
1982——12#3,539
1981——9#4,258
1980——9#4,241
1979——13#3,220
1978——6#5,264
1977——6#5,333
1976——8#4,117
1975——8#4,056
1974——11#3,190
1973——12#2,899
1972——9#3,417
1971——11#3,020
1970——14#2,542
1969——18#2,004
1968——14#2,230
1967——15#2,056
1966——23#1,625
1965——13#2,298
1964——17#1,998
1963——15#2,138
1962——23#1,680
1961——23#1,698
1960——29#1,492
1959——43#1,184
1958——42#1,191
1957——24#1,644
1956——31#1,396
1955——29#1,430
1954——35#1,278
1953——23#1,603
1952——28#1,439
1951——32#1,311
1950——42#1,091
1949——49#999
1948——56#925
1947——58#919
1946——73#778
1945——69#737
1944——62#798
1943——49#963
1942——49#949
1941——49#909
1940——66#760
1939——65#748
1938——59#808
1937——59#804
1936——51#853
1935——84#649
1934——87#643
1933——72#713
1932——76#711
1931——80#667
19307#3,761105#586
1929——78#702
1928——79#717
1927——95#649
1926——100#628
1925——116#579
1924——92#680
1923——111#601
1922——126#567
1921——117#586
1920——120#568
19196#4,400163#465
1918——115#565
1917——108#566
1916——106#556
1915——101#563
1914——92#510
1913——64#540
1912——63#500
1911——43#447
1910——33#483
1909——39#389
1908——47#327
1907——41#334
1906——49#289
1905——43#307
1904——37#330
1903——44#282
1902——48#272
1901——37#285
1900——61#263
1899——41#270
1898——46#263
1897——47#255
1896——39#297
1895——41#277
1894——60#219
1893——56#228
1892——65#218
1891——53#220
1890——62#210
1889——52#223
1888——68#215
1887——60#199
1886——62#215
1885——51#231
1884——50#242
1883——43#249
1882——63#203
1881——40#248
1880——52#226

About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).