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Edison: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 276 in 2025. Its best rank was #538 in 2018.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #538 in 2018; #870 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Edison in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#870 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2018, at #538.
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Edison: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 276 boys in 2025. Peak: #538 in 2018 · most boys in one year: 522 (2018).
In 2025, 276 US boys were named Edison, making it the 870th most common boys’ name of the year, down 43 places from #827 in 2024. That is 26 fewer than the 302 boys named Edison in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #538, reached in 2018. That year also had the most boys given the name: 522. For comparison, it was #635 in 2015 and #921 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Edison in 133 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1891 with 6 babies. In all, 12,738 US babies have been given the name, 1.7% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 4,068 babies named Edison.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,096 US boys were named Edison; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 522. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,189 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Edison ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #343 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Eddison, Edyson and Edisson are summarised on this page.
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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Eddison (567), Edyson (58), Edisson (57), Eddyson (10), Edisyn (5).
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.
No nicknames listed for Edison in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 28 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 17 | #343 | #256 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #450 | #405 |
| Utah | 8 | #529 | #344 |
| Missouri | 10 | #569 | #682 |
| Michigan | 12 | #651 | #431 |
| Indiana | 9 | #683 | #429 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #735 | #561 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #738 | — |
| South Carolina | 5 | #779 | — |
| North Carolina | 11 | #792 | #598 |
| Alabama | 5 | #795 | — |
| California | 31 | #802 | #535 |
| Virginia | 8 | #823 | #554 |
| Washington | 7 | #828 | #781 |
| Colorado | 5 | #884 | #648 |
| New York | 14 | #930 | #505 |
| Georgia | 9 | #937 | #1,266 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #951 | #670 |
| Illinois | 8 | #958 | #856 |
| Ohio | 8 | #964 | #497 |
| Florida | 14 | #970 | #780 |
| Texas | 21 | #1,076 | #724 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,287 | #967 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 276 | #870 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,508 | 302 | #827 |
| 2023 | 11 | #9,153 | 297 | #823 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,160 | 347 | #742 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,803 | 452 | #616 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,715 | 458 | #599 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,249 | 466 | #594 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,378 | 522 | #538 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,967 | 495 | #555 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,594 | 481 | #576 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,343 | 420 | #635 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,361 | 361 | #693 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,482 | 366 | #661 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,778 | 304 | #752 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,314 | 292 | #769 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,888 | 229 | #894 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,777 | 194 | #1,012 |
| 2008 | — | — | 182 | #1,041 |
| 2007 | — | — | 202 | #972 |
| 2006 | — | — | 195 | #954 |
| 2005 | — | — | 171 | #1,003 |
| 2004 | — | — | 159 | #1,031 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,497 | 145 | #1,069 |
| 2002 | — | — | 123 | #1,157 |
| 2001 | — | — | 106 | #1,257 |
| 2000 | — | — | 78 | #1,544 |
| 1999 | — | — | 76 | #1,495 |
| 1998 | — | — | 82 | #1,399 |
| 1997 | — | — | 66 | #1,555 |
| 1996 | — | — | 62 | #1,590 |
| 1995 | — | — | 49 | #1,786 |
| 1994 | — | — | 53 | #1,694 |
| 1993 | — | — | 50 | #1,727 |
| 1992 | — | — | 62 | #1,476 |
| 1991 | — | — | 58 | #1,507 |
| 1990 | — | — | 52 | #1,595 |
| 1989 | — | — | 47 | #1,663 |
| 1988 | — | — | 67 | #1,250 |
| 1987 | — | — | 50 | #1,445 |
| 1986 | — | — | 44 | #1,513 |
| 1985 | — | — | 42 | #1,551 |
| 1984 | — | — | 35 | #1,667 |
| 1983 | — | — | 37 | #1,607 |
| 1982 | — | — | 32 | #1,787 |
| 1981 | — | — | 37 | #1,612 |
| 1980 | — | — | 30 | #1,873 |
| 1979 | — | — | 30 | #1,844 |
| 1978 | — | — | 35 | #1,602 |
| 1977 | — | — | 26 | #1,918 |
| 1976 | — | — | 29 | #1,758 |
| 1975 | — | — | 33 | #1,566 |
| 1974 | — | — | 44 | #1,274 |
| 1973 | — | — | 35 | #1,445 |
| 1972 | — | — | 28 | #1,659 |
| 1971 | — | — | 37 | #1,404 |
| 1970 | — | — | 40 | #1,319 |
| 1969 | — | — | 28 | #1,535 |
| 1968 | — | — | 35 | #1,292 |
| 1967 | — | — | 36 | #1,261 |
| 1966 | — | — | 47 | #1,078 |
| 1965 | — | — | 38 | #1,242 |
| 1964 | — | — | 51 | #1,063 |
| 1963 | — | — | 37 | #1,286 |
| 1962 | — | — | 53 | #1,050 |
| 1961 | — | — | 60 | #1,005 |
| 1960 | — | — | 49 | #1,120 |
| 1959 | — | — | 68 | #932 |
| 1958 | — | — | 47 | #1,118 |
| 1957 | — | — | 43 | #1,188 |
| 1956 | — | — | 61 | #960 |
| 1955 | — | — | 56 | #1,005 |
| 1954 | — | — | 54 | #1,021 |
| 1953 | — | — | 54 | #979 |
| 1952 | — | — | 56 | #955 |
| 1951 | — | — | 48 | #1,027 |
| 1950 | — | — | 56 | #921 |
| 1949 | — | — | 47 | #1,015 |
| 1948 | — | — | 50 | #992 |
| 1947 | — | — | 46 | #1,067 |
| 1946 | — | — | 45 | #1,021 |
| 1945 | — | — | 47 | #944 |
| 1944 | — | — | 42 | #1,007 |
| 1943 | — | — | 49 | #964 |
| 1942 | — | — | 48 | #959 |
| 1941 | — | — | 53 | #873 |
| 1940 | — | — | 43 | #983 |
| 1939 | — | — | 43 | #958 |
| 1938 | — | — | 43 | #969 |
| 1937 | — | — | 40 | #1,003 |
| 1936 | — | — | 40 | #995 |
| 1935 | — | — | 53 | #861 |
| 1934 | — | — | 47 | #920 |
| 1933 | — | — | 43 | #966 |
| 1932 | — | — | 57 | #845 |
| 1931 | — | — | 77 | #684 |
| 1930 | — | — | 59 | #858 |
| 1929 | — | — | 66 | #797 |
| 1928 | — | — | 58 | #876 |
| 1927 | — | — | 79 | #737 |
| 1926 | — | — | 63 | #835 |
| 1925 | — | — | 58 | #884 |
| 1924 | — | — | 82 | #733 |
| 1923 | — | — | 87 | #695 |
| 1922 | — | — | 104 | #634 |
| 1921 | — | — | 86 | #698 |
| 1920 | — | — | 88 | #681 |
| 1919 | — | — | 85 | #674 |
| 1918 | — | — | 107 | #590 |
| 1917 | — | — | 118 | #538 |
| 1916 | — | — | 84 | #636 |
| 1915 | — | — | 81 | #644 |
| 1914 | — | — | 49 | #756 |
| 1913 | — | — | 47 | #654 |
| 1912 | — | — | 43 | #636 |
| 1911 | — | — | 18 | #763 |
| 1910 | — | — | 17 | #733 |
| 1909 | — | — | 16 | #691 |
| 1908 | — | — | 10 | #902 |
| 1907 | — | — | 13 | #750 |
| 1906 | — | — | 10 | #808 |
| 1905 | — | — | 10 | #801 |
| 1904 | — | — | 14 | #621 |
| 1902 | — | — | 14 | #595 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #882 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,365 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #878 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,037 |
| 1897 | — | — | 12 | #624 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #920 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,126 |
| 1893 | — | — | 12 | #582 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #815 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #873 |
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).