Meaning not yet researched.
Edward: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,591 in 2025. Its best rank was #8 in 1923.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #8 in 1923; #224 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Edward in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#224 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1923, at #8.
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Edward: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,591 boys in 2025. Peak: #8 in 1923 · most boys in one year: 21,126 (1924).
In 2025, 1,591 US boys were named Edward, making it the 224th most common boys’ name of the year, up 4 places from #228 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 1,589 boys named Edward in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #8, reached in 1923. The most boys given the name in a single year was 21,126, in 1924. For comparison, it was #158 in 2015 and #22 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Edward in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 2,364 babies with the name. In all, 1,308,955 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 198,362 babies named Edward.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 19,556 US boys were named Edward; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,518. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,074 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Edward ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #78 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Eduardo (110,690 babies since 1880), Ed (26,370 babies since 1880) and Eddy (14,431 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Eduard, Edoardo and Edword are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ed, Eddie, Eddy, Ned, Ted and Teddy.
Meaning not yet researched.
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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: Eduard (1,885), Edoardo (245), Edword (82), Duarte (20), Ede (18), Edvard (16), Eddward (13), Edwardd (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 7 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 11 | #78 | #90 |
| Maine | 11 | #120 | #165 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | #122 | #144 |
| Massachusetts | 44 | #158 | #98 |
| Maryland | 37 | #159 | #137 |
| Virginia | 56 | #160 | #123 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #163 | #177 |
| Wisconsin | 39 | #164 | #170 |
| Missouri | 42 | #167 | #173 |
| Kentucky | 33 | #167 | #191 |
| Minnesota | 39 | #169 | #123 |
| Alaska | 5 | #175 | #97 |
| Alabama | 33 | #175 | #199 |
| North Dakota | 7 | #178 | #208 |
| Pennsylvania | 70 | #184 | #131 |
| South Carolina | 30 | #190 | #185 |
| Michigan | 55 | #191 | #156 |
| Illinois | 60 | #196 | #127 |
| Iowa | 20 | #201 | #193 |
| New Jersey | 48 | #202 | #139 |
| Connecticut | 17 | #203 | #130 |
| North Carolina | 61 | #205 | #158 |
| New York | 95 | #208 | #121 |
| Colorado | 31 | #211 | #192 |
| Delaware | 5 | #219 | #109 |
| Louisiana | 21 | #243 | #180 |
| California | 152 | #244 | #141 |
| Nevada | 12 | #250 | #226 |
| Oregon | 17 | #251 | #149 |
| Indiana | 32 | #257 | #248 |
| Ohio | 48 | #260 | #172 |
| Tennessee | 34 | #261 | #176 |
| Florida | 80 | #261 | #173 |
| Nebraska | 9 | #272 | #299 |
| Arizona | 29 | #275 | #235 |
| Texas | 139 | #282 | #166 |
| Mississippi | 11 | #290 | #137 |
| Washington | 26 | #291 | #193 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | #298 | #219 |
| Georgia | 41 | #302 | #195 |
| Arkansas | 11 | #313 | #281 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #344 | — |
| Kansas | 10 | #362 | #238 |
| Utah | 10 | #445 | #216 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,591 | #224 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,589 | #228 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,737 | #213 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,752 | #216 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,749 | #218 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,952 | #195 |
| 2019 | — | — | 2,054 | #192 |
| 2018 | — | — | 2,286 | #170 |
| 2017 | — | — | 2,328 | #170 |
| 2016 | — | — | 2,518 | #162 |
| 2015 | — | — | 2,602 | #158 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,290 | 2,591 | #162 |
| 2013 | — | — | 2,711 | #145 |
| 2012 | — | — | 2,597 | #157 |
| 2011 | — | — | 2,671 | #148 |
| 2010 | — | — | 2,905 | #136 |
| 2009 | — | — | 2,988 | #137 |
| 2008 | — | — | 2,796 | #148 |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,336 | 2,828 | #145 |
| 2006 | — | — | 2,871 | #141 |
| 2005 | — | — | 2,975 | #134 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,128 | 3,156 | #129 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,499 | 3,114 | #130 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,106 | 3,244 | #119 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,319 | 3,376 | #113 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,744 | 3,485 | #108 |
| 1999 | — | — | 3,597 | #103 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,394 | 3,575 | #105 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,400 | 3,915 | #100 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,339 | 4,073 | #96 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,980 | 4,143 | #88 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,307 | 4,520 | #84 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,273 | 4,790 | #78 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,335 | 5,233 | #70 |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,042 | 5,572 | #68 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,918 | 5,746 | #68 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,923 | 5,849 | #62 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,660 | 5,801 | #62 |
| 1987 | 40 | #2,539 | 5,913 | #61 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,478 | 5,777 | #61 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,295 | 5,869 | #59 |
| 1984 | 43 | #2,268 | 5,914 | #58 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,682 | 6,005 | #55 |
| 1982 | 52 | #1,997 | 6,281 | #53 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,207 | 6,661 | #51 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,788 | 6,762 | #52 |
| 1979 | 66 | #1,684 | 6,877 | #48 |
| 1978 | 53 | #1,866 | 6,473 | #47 |
| 1977 | 46 | #2,069 | 6,840 | #47 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,847 | 7,048 | #45 |
| 1975 | 57 | #1,676 | 7,381 | #41 |
| 1974 | 57 | #1,633 | 7,817 | #40 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,576 | 8,360 | #39 |
| 1972 | 78 | #1,303 | 9,292 | #34 |
| 1971 | 68 | #1,492 | 11,062 | #32 |
| 1970 | 62 | #1,562 | 12,275 | #31 |
| 1969 | 69 | #1,389 | 12,451 | #32 |
| 1968 | 68 | #1,350 | 12,276 | #31 |
| 1967 | 61 | #1,418 | 12,652 | #31 |
| 1966 | 63 | #1,388 | 13,279 | #30 |
| 1965 | 84 | #1,170 | 14,404 | #29 |
| 1964 | 61 | #1,451 | 15,609 | #27 |
| 1963 | 65 | #1,376 | 15,323 | #27 |
| 1962 | 67 | #1,352 | 15,518 | #29 |
| 1961 | 68 | #1,355 | 15,877 | #29 |
| 1960 | 70 | #1,317 | 16,595 | #26 |
| 1959 | 63 | #1,353 | 16,914 | #27 |
| 1958 | 65 | #1,313 | 17,377 | #28 |
| 1957 | 57 | #1,400 | 18,711 | #25 |
| 1956 | 70 | #1,243 | 19,436 | #25 |
| 1955 | 51 | #1,409 | 19,280 | #25 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,521 | 19,493 | #22 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,396 | 18,984 | #23 |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,301 | 19,501 | #23 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,440 | 19,913 | #23 |
| 1950 | 61 | #1,186 | 18,714 | #22 |
| 1949 | 50 | #1,291 | 19,174 | #21 |
| 1948 | 51 | #1,289 | 18,983 | #19 |
| 1947 | 55 | #1,219 | 20,539 | #19 |
| 1946 | 52 | #1,194 | 18,585 | #19 |
| 1945 | 44 | #1,192 | 15,870 | #18 |
| 1944 | 49 | #1,118 | 16,482 | #18 |
| 1943 | 55 | #1,080 | 17,713 | #18 |
| 1942 | 70 | #938 | 17,470 | #17 |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,072 | 15,580 | #17 |
| 1940 | 45 | #1,082 | 14,405 | #16 |
| 1939 | 50 | #999 | 14,427 | #15 |
| 1938 | 57 | #945 | 14,551 | #13 |
| 1937 | 59 | #897 | 14,930 | #13 |
| 1936 | 64 | #848 | 14,194 | #13 |
| 1935 | 69 | #823 | 13,844 | #13 |
| 1934 | 66 | #841 | 13,917 | #13 |
| 1933 | 60 | #868 | 13,797 | #11 |
| 1932 | 86 | #724 | 15,191 | #11 |
| 1931 | 101 | #662 | 15,646 | #11 |
| 1930 | 102 | #680 | 17,352 | #10 |
| 1929 | 132 | #594 | 17,220 | #10 |
| 1928 | 138 | #600 | 18,492 | #10 |
| 1927 | 112 | #683 | 19,115 | #10 |
| 1926 | 113 | #689 | 19,375 | #10 |
| 1925 | 106 | #715 | 20,090 | #9 |
| 1924 | 97 | #759 | 21,126 | #9 |
| 1923 | 79 | #825 | 20,597 | #8 |
| 1922 | 93 | #761 | 20,419 | #8 |
| 1921 | 80 | #825 | 20,817 | #8 |
| 1920 | 64 | #909 | 20,097 | #8 |
| 1919 | 65 | #871 | 18,536 | #8 |
| 1918 | 63 | #904 | 19,489 | #8 |
| 1917 | 61 | #889 | 17,501 | #8 |
| 1916 | 43 | #1,066 | 17,005 | #8 |
| 1915 | 53 | #907 | 15,889 | #8 |
| 1914 | 48 | #852 | 12,319 | #8 |
| 1913 | 42 | #812 | 9,474 | #8 |
| 1912 | 27 | #981 | 7,936 | #8 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,475 | 4,164 | #9 |
| 1910 | 18 | #1,037 | 3,407 | #9 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,239 | 2,935 | #9 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,723 | 2,707 | #9 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,422 | 2,576 | #9 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,358 | 2,398 | #9 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,185 | 2,366 | #9 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,527 | 2,335 | #9 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,149 | 2,268 | #9 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,037 | 2,294 | #9 |
| 1901 | — | — | 1,917 | #9 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,476 | 2,720 | #9 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,123 | 1,901 | #9 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,197 | 2,337 | #9 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,054 | 2,121 | #9 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,149 | 2,296 | #9 |
| 1895 | 13 | #903 | 2,203 | #10 |
| 1894 | 13 | #865 | 2,179 | #11 |
| 1893 | 10 | #972 | 2,309 | #9 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,031 | 2,416 | #11 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,242 | 1,989 | #11 |
| 1890 | 13 | #766 | 2,282 | #11 |
| 1889 | 12 | #765 | 2,299 | #10 |
| 1888 | 9 | #912 | 2,470 | #11 |
| 1887 | 11 | #703 | 2,125 | #10 |
| 1886 | 11 | #703 | 2,312 | #11 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,086 | 2,220 | #11 |
| 1884 | 9 | #753 | 2,439 | #11 |
| 1883 | 7 | #766 | 2,250 | #11 |
| 1882 | 5 | #946 | 2,477 | #11 |
| 1881 | — | — | 2,177 | #10 |
| 1880 | — | — | 2,364 | #11 |
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).