US Name Trends

Ed

Short form of Edward, Old English ead “wealth” plus weard “guardian.”

1959peak year
No. 54best rank (1882)
26,370babies since 1880
outside top 1000 in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Ed per year — peak 696▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Ed appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American boys in 20 different years between 1880 and 1900. Its biggest year was 1959, when 696 newborn boys received the name, ranking it No. 297 nationally. Its best ranking came in 1882, at No. 54. It last appears in the data in 2024; fewer than five babies a year have received it since. All told, 26,370 Americans have been given the name since 1880.

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Other spellings on record: Edd (5,451) (total births since 1880)

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1880s2,957No. 54
1890s2,346No. 66
1900s1,814No. 87
1910s2,705No. 140
1920s2,668No. 330
1930s2,560No. 327
1940s3,041No. 322
1950s2,952No. 297
1960s3,779No. 308
1970s608No. 727
1980s314No. 1524
1990s204No. 2670
2000s156No. 3842
2010s79No. 6036
2020s22No. 8312

Births and rank shown for boys, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.