Edward

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #224in 2025
  • 1 in 1,073boys in 2025
  • −31%last ten years
  • 2.3×in Maine

Most popular in 1882. Quieter now: down 31% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

010,89421,78818801916195319892025

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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
Edward, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188021,396
188121,611
188221,788
188321,505
188421,312
188520,594
188620,870
188720,955
188820,438
188920,790
189020,554
189119,656
189219,798
189320,558
189418,822
189518,766
189619,203
189718,810
189819,049
189917,898
190018,076
190118,006
190218,702
190319,022
190418,225
190517,883
190618,009
190717,545
190817,540
190917,897
191017,543
191118,427
191218,458
191318,483
191418,814
191518,724
191619,105
191718,910
191819,230
191918,912
192018,882
192118,900
192218,765
192318,791
192418,650
192518,003
192617,447
192716,962
192816,695
192916,009
193015,812
193115,049
193214,549
193313,915
193413,478
193513,294
193613,685
193713,997
193813,119
193913,034
194012,427
194112,684
194212,649
194312,410
194412,094
194511,792
194611,444
194711,226
194810,819
194910,809
195010,453
195110,576
195210,033
19539,625
19549,561
19559,360
19569,188
19578,674
19588,187
19597,924
19607,783
19617,474
19627,501
19637,544
19647,833
19657,743
19667,446
19677,255
19687,063
19696,963
19706,606
19716,255
19725,730
19735,364
19744,972
19754,727
19764,492
19774,163
19783,943
19793,995
19803,790
19813,719
19823,462
19833,350
19843,277
19853,176
19863,137
19873,167
19883,030
19892,923
19902,797
19912,758
19922,620
19932,442
19942,340
19952,176
19962,150
19972,077
19981,870
19991,873
20001,774
20011,738
20021,671
20031,576
20041,590
20051,490
20061,397
20071,363
20081,370
20091,506
20101,514
20111,406
20121,369
20131,433
20141,349
20151,358
20161,327
20171,258
20181,259
20191,145
20201,131
20211,000
20221,003
20231,015
2024922
2025931

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Maine 2.3×
  2. Massachusetts 2.0×
  3. Connecticut 1.8×
  4. Maryland 1.7×
  5. Minnesota 1.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,591
Rank in 2025
#224
How rare
1 in 1,073 boys
Since 1880
1,303,594

Most popular in 1882, at 21,788 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 31% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Maine2.3×25
Massachusetts2.0×156
Connecticut1.8×70
Maryland1.7×113
Minnesota1.7×117

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