Edgar

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #486in 2025
  • 1 in 2,768boys in 2025
  • −38%last ten years
  • 2.3×in Arizona

Most popular in 1881. Quieter now: down 38% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,5493,09718801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Edgar, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18802,561
18813,097
18822,709
18832,791
18842,534
18852,811
18862,789
18872,623
18882,656
18892,912
18903,044
18912,737
18922,483
18932,760
18942,704
18952,751
18962,559
18972,465
18982,323
18992,344
19002,485
19012,545
19022,503
19032,172
19042,334
19052,381
19062,261
19072,186
19082,333
19092,116
19102,271
19112,151
19122,198
19132,121
19142,079
19152,233
19162,105
19172,075
19182,057
19192,026
19201,906
19211,829
19221,767
19231,731
19241,658
19251,621
19261,510
19271,529
19281,445
19291,382
19301,391
19311,324
19321,252
19331,193
19341,112
19351,100
19361,030
19371,001
1938929
1939911
1940850
1941805
1942760
1943758
1944716
1945646
1946560
1947577
1948556
1949515
1950523
1951498
1952457
1953455
1954448
1955453
1956402
1957358
1958354
1959352
1960336
1961327
1962335
1963322
1964362
1965324
1966326
1967338
1968343
1969356
1970358
1971381
1972391
1973381
1974415
1975459
1976424
1977433
1978420
1979466
1980498
1981521
1982459
1983500
1984462
1985476
1986554
1987859
1988844
19891,053
19901,074
19911,122
19921,105
19931,154
19941,239
19951,219
19961,245
19971,122
19981,071
19991,060
20001,055
20011,223
20021,131
20031,174
20041,202
20051,229
20061,164
20071,166
20081,012
2009962
2010857
2011773
2012694
2013640
2014614
2015581
2016534
2017508
2018509
2019453
2020457
2021433
2022444
2023417
2024396
2025361

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Arizona 2.3×
  2. California 2.2×
  3. Texas 2.2×
  4. Washington 1.5×
  5. Oklahoma 1.4×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
617
Rank in 2025
#486
How rare
1 in 2,768 boys
Since 1880
157,214

Most popular in 1881, at 3,097 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 38% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Arizona2.3×87
California2.2×457
Texas2.2×452
Washington1.5×58
Oklahoma1.4×28

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.