Ed
Last seen for girls in 1932 at #3,901 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 337 births
- Debut · boys
- 310 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 20 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 26,205since 1880
Ed over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,226 | 12 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,976 | 21 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,044 | 20 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,842 | 21 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,066 | 19 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,480 | 22 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,351 | 21 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,923 | 24 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,109 | 22 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,670 | 26 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,695 | 24 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,509 | 23 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,115 | 28 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,837 | 33 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,019 | 28 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,690 | 34 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,711 | 33 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,677 | 35 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,602 | 37 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,524 | 40 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,570 | 37 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,718 | 31 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,780 | 29 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,453 | 38 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,258 | 46 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,082 | 58 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,006 | 64 | |
| 1972 | — | #921 | 75 | |
| 1971 | — | #791 | 103 | |
| 1970 | — | #727 | 127 | |
| 1969 | — | #676 | 135 | |
| 1968 | — | #580 | 170 | |
| 1967 | — | #564 | 177 | |
| 1966 | — | #501 | 228 | |
| 1965 | — | #439 | 307 | |
| 1964 | — | #379 | 437 | |
| 1963 | — | #343 | 504 | |
| 1962 | — | #327 | 574 | |
| 1961 | — | #320 | 603 | |
| 1960 | — | #308 | 644 | |
| 1959 | — | #297 | 696 | |
| 1958 | — | #299 | 632 | |
| 1957 | — | #369 | 435 | |
| 1956 | — | #463 | 267 | |
| 1955 | — | #539 | 188 | |
| 1954 | — | #569 | 167 | |
| 1953 | — | #616 | 139 | |
| 1952 | — | #594 | 139 | |
| 1951 | — | #628 | 125 | |
| 1950 | — | #521 | 164 | |
| 1949 | — | #432 | 241 | |
| 1948 | — | #404 | 285 | |
| 1947 | — | #354 | 369 | |
| 1946 | — | #322 | 404 | |
| 1945 | — | #338 | 312 | |
| 1944 | — | #341 | 307 | |
| 1943 | — | #343 | 321 | |
| 1942 | — | #360 | 281 | |
| 1941 | — | #355 | 271 | |
| 1940 | — | #362 | 250 | |
| 1939 | — | #343 | 267 | |
| 1938 | — | #340 | 265 | |
| 1937 | — | #332 | 265 | |
| 1936 | — | #340 | 258 | |
| 1935 | — | #352 | 243 | |
| 1934 | — | #338 | 261 | |
| 1933 | — | #327 | 269 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #343 | 259 |
| 1931 | — | #360 | 241 | |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #373 | 232 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #406 | 205 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #368 | 251 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #374 | 245 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #341 | 287 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #373 | 255 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #365 | 270 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #365 | 266 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #345 | 293 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #356 | 287 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #330 | 309 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #301 | 327 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | #302 | 333 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #304 | 304 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #315 | 274 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #274 | 321 |
| 1914 | — | #255 | 286 | |
| 1913 | — | #246 | 238 | |
| 1912 | — | #228 | 229 | |
| 1911 | — | #190 | 164 | |
| 1910 | — | #140 | 229 | |
| 1909 | — | #157 | 159 | |
| 1908 | — | #155 | 152 | |
| 1907 | — | #133 | 178 | |
| 1906 | — | #138 | 149 | |
| 1905 | — | #111 | 190 | |
| 1904 | — | #114 | 184 | |
| 1903 | — | #117 | 168 | |
| 1902 | — | #109 | 175 | |
| 1901 | — | #102 | 162 | |
| 1900 | — | #87 | 297 | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #101 | 174 |
| 1898 | — | #89 | 228 | |
| 1897 | — | #90 | 198 | |
| 1896 | — | #81 | 246 | |
| 1895 | — | #84 | 229 | |
| 1894 | — | #81 | 241 | |
| 1893 | — | #80 | 225 | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | #66 | 306 |
| 1891 | — | #70 | 237 | |
| 1890 | — | #70 | 262 | |
| 1889 | — | #71 | 270 | |
| 1888 | — | #68 | 301 | |
| 1887 | — | #62 | 275 | |
| 1886 | — | #63 | 303 | |
| 1885 | — | #54 | 328 | |
| 1884 | — | #60 | 314 | |
| 1883 | — | #64 | 247 | |
| 1882 | — | #54 | 337 | |
| 1881 | — | #61 | 272 | |
| 1880 | — | #55 | 310 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ed was already there! It came in at #55, and was given to 310 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2012, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ed
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 94 spots in 1957 (#463 → #369)
- Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1972 (#791 → #921)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #54 (337 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1880–1898
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 329 boys born in 1885 were named Ed (0.30%)
- Latest: 1 in 191,432 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #54 in 1882, was only 1 in 337 (0.30%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 14.4% of all boys named Ed (3,779) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,957 | #54 (1882) | #61 |
| 1890s | 2,346 | #66 (1892) | #81 |
| 1900s | 1,814 | #87 (1900) | #122 |
| 1910s | 2,705 | #140 (1910) | #256 |
| 1920s | 2,668 | #330 (1920) | #362 |
| 1930s | 2,560 | #327 (1933) | #345 |
| 1940s | 3,041 | #322 (1946) | #361 |
| 1950s | 2,952 | #297 (1959) | #490 |
| 1960s | 3,779 | #308 (1960) | #444 |
| 1970s | 608 | #727 (1970) | #1,231 |
| 1980s | 314 | #1,524 (1980) | #1,937 |
| 1990s | 204 | #2,670 (1992) | #3,569 |
| 2000s | 156 | #3,842 (2001) | #5,461 |
| 2010s | 79 | #6,036 (2010) | #8,566 |
| 2020s | 22 | #8,312 (2024) | #9,792 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ed in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 108,127 of them was named Ed, which outranked 45.8% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,693Zaida11
- #2,693Zara11
- #2,693Zeda11
- #2,879Ed10
- #2,879Adelheid10
- #2,879Adelma10
- #2,879Adelyne10
- #3,092Adabelle9
- #3,092Adamae9
- #3,092Adine9
Tied with 212 names at #2,879; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 3,044 of them was named Ed, which outranked 93.4% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.