Meaning not yet researched.
Edmund: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 199 in 2025. Its best rank was #130 in 1914.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #130 in 1914; #1,082 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Edmund in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,082 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1914, at #130.
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Edmund: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 199 boys in 2025. Peak: #130 in 1914 · most boys in one year: 1,145 (1923).
In 2025, 199 US boys were named Edmund, making it the 1,082nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 88 places from #1,170 in 2024. That is 21 more than the 178 boys named Edmund in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #130, reached in 1914. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,145, in 1923. For comparison, it was #1,113 in 2015 and #287 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Edmund in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 67 babies with the name. In all, 52,143 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 10,240 babies named Edmund.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,718 US boys were named Edmund; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 199. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,583 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Edmund ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #523 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Edmond (24,900 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Edmundo, Edmondo and Edmound are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ed, Eddie, Eddy, Ned and Ted.
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.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English and Polish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Edmundo (3,302), Edmondo (5), Edmound (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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 32 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 9 | #523 | — |
| Minnesota | 9 | #557 | #827 |
| Michigan | 14 | #578 | #684 |
| Utah | 6 | #637 | #450 |
| Missouri | 7 | #738 | — |
| Virginia | 9 | #751 | #751 |
| Ohio | 11 | #765 | — |
| Tennessee | 8 | #801 | — |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #814 | #696 |
| Washington | 7 | #829 | #997 |
| Maryland | 5 | #840 | — |
| Indiana | 5 | #980 | — |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,131 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,289 | — |
| New York | 8 | #1,332 | #803 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,345 | #1,376 |
| Florida | 8 | #1,388 | — |
| California | 10 | #1,621 | #969 |
| Texas | 10 | #1,685 | #1,258 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 199 | #1,082 |
| 2024 | — | — | 178 | #1,170 |
| 2023 | — | — | 194 | #1,099 |
| 2022 | — | — | 168 | #1,191 |
| 2021 | — | — | 174 | #1,152 |
| 2020 | — | — | 122 | #1,417 |
| 2019 | — | — | 160 | #1,194 |
| 2018 | — | — | 168 | #1,145 |
| 2017 | — | — | 163 | #1,157 |
| 2016 | — | — | 192 | #1,035 |
| 2015 | — | — | 173 | #1,113 |
| 2014 | — | — | 176 | #1,089 |
| 2013 | — | — | 152 | #1,182 |
| 2012 | — | — | 138 | #1,276 |
| 2011 | — | — | 111 | #1,471 |
| 2010 | — | — | 95 | #1,647 |
| 2009 | — | — | 125 | #1,371 |
| 2008 | — | — | 118 | #1,425 |
| 2007 | — | — | 99 | #1,584 |
| 2006 | — | — | 97 | #1,538 |
| 2005 | — | — | 103 | #1,432 |
| 2004 | — | — | 118 | #1,275 |
| 2003 | — | — | 117 | #1,235 |
| 2002 | — | — | 113 | #1,216 |
| 2001 | — | — | 115 | #1,186 |
| 2000 | — | — | 122 | #1,138 |
| 1999 | — | — | 127 | #1,069 |
| 1998 | — | — | 119 | #1,089 |
| 1997 | — | — | 147 | #924 |
| 1996 | — | — | 128 | #981 |
| 1995 | — | — | 116 | #1,035 |
| 1994 | — | — | 143 | #913 |
| 1993 | — | — | 132 | #938 |
| 1992 | — | — | 145 | #878 |
| 1991 | — | — | 147 | #867 |
| 1990 | — | — | 155 | #819 |
| 1989 | — | — | 159 | #787 |
| 1988 | — | — | 162 | #744 |
| 1987 | — | — | 189 | #666 |
| 1986 | — | — | 194 | #643 |
| 1985 | — | — | 174 | #673 |
| 1984 | — | — | 172 | #658 |
| 1983 | — | — | 180 | #638 |
| 1982 | — | — | 225 | #573 |
| 1981 | — | — | 251 | #530 |
| 1980 | — | — | 269 | #522 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,634 | 320 | #454 |
| 1978 | — | — | 271 | #489 |
| 1977 | — | — | 271 | #493 |
| 1976 | — | — | 198 | #578 |
| 1975 | — | — | 209 | #560 |
| 1974 | — | — | 223 | #536 |
| 1973 | — | — | 221 | #528 |
| 1972 | — | — | 245 | #503 |
| 1971 | — | — | 285 | #479 |
| 1970 | — | — | 298 | #469 |
| 1969 | — | — | 332 | #434 |
| 1968 | — | — | 350 | #412 |
| 1967 | — | — | 369 | #398 |
| 1966 | — | — | 394 | #385 |
| 1965 | — | — | 432 | #372 |
| 1964 | — | — | 484 | #356 |
| 1963 | — | — | 473 | #358 |
| 1962 | — | — | 469 | #372 |
| 1961 | — | — | 523 | #346 |
| 1960 | — | — | 509 | #345 |
| 1959 | — | — | 532 | #336 |
| 1958 | — | — | 573 | #321 |
| 1957 | — | — | 662 | #287 |
| 1956 | — | — | 591 | #306 |
| 1955 | — | — | 604 | #295 |
| 1954 | — | — | 607 | #288 |
| 1953 | — | — | 621 | #281 |
| 1952 | — | — | 659 | #267 |
| 1951 | — | — | 625 | #270 |
| 1950 | — | — | 553 | #287 |
| 1949 | — | — | 586 | #280 |
| 1948 | — | — | 576 | #280 |
| 1947 | — | — | 633 | #268 |
| 1946 | — | — | 637 | #243 |
| 1945 | — | — | 478 | #274 |
| 1944 | — | — | 555 | #243 |
| 1943 | — | — | 666 | #219 |
| 1942 | — | — | 602 | #231 |
| 1941 | — | — | 576 | #224 |
| 1940 | — | — | 498 | #242 |
| 1939 | — | — | 467 | #247 |
| 1938 | — | — | 513 | #234 |
| 1937 | — | — | 523 | #226 |
| 1936 | — | — | 554 | #212 |
| 1935 | — | — | 564 | #212 |
| 1934 | — | — | 600 | #206 |
| 1933 | — | — | 567 | #207 |
| 1932 | — | — | 691 | #190 |
| 1931 | — | — | 708 | #184 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,739 | 808 | #177 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,208 | 829 | #171 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,907 | 911 | #163 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,009 | 929 | #160 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,983 | 1,012 | #156 |
| 1925 | — | — | 1,042 | #152 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,116 | 1,115 | #148 |
| 1923 | — | — | 1,145 | #143 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,212 | 1,014 | #153 |
| 1921 | — | — | 1,104 | #142 |
| 1920 | — | — | 1,104 | #138 |
| 1919 | 5 | #5,008 | 1,007 | #144 |
| 1918 | — | — | 1,099 | #140 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,783 | 1,045 | #135 |
| 1916 | — | — | 1,032 | #134 |
| 1915 | — | — | 961 | #136 |
| 1914 | — | — | 792 | #130 |
| 1913 | — | — | 599 | #131 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,094 | 452 | #143 |
| 1911 | — | — | 235 | #142 |
| 1910 | — | — | 200 | #154 |
| 1909 | — | — | 147 | #167 |
| 1908 | — | — | 141 | #164 |
| 1907 | — | — | 129 | #167 |
| 1906 | — | — | 122 | #162 |
| 1905 | — | — | 108 | #176 |
| 1904 | — | — | 109 | #168 |
| 1903 | — | — | 102 | #166 |
| 1902 | — | — | 104 | #167 |
| 1901 | — | — | 95 | #161 |
| 1900 | — | — | 94 | #202 |
| 1899 | — | — | 87 | #168 |
| 1898 | — | — | 101 | #163 |
| 1897 | — | — | 96 | #163 |
| 1896 | — | — | 110 | #151 |
| 1895 | — | — | 90 | #176 |
| 1894 | — | — | 96 | #160 |
| 1893 | — | — | 80 | #183 |
| 1892 | — | — | 93 | #170 |
| 1891 | — | — | 61 | #202 |
| 1890 | — | — | 54 | #225 |
| 1889 | — | — | 89 | #155 |
| 1888 | — | — | 76 | #197 |
| 1887 | — | — | 61 | #197 |
| 1886 | — | — | 80 | #173 |
| 1885 | — | — | 68 | #193 |
| 1884 | — | — | 72 | #191 |
| 1883 | — | — | 63 | #187 |
| 1882 | — | — | 71 | #186 |
| 1881 | — | — | 61 | #187 |
| 1880 | — | — | 67 | #187 |
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).