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

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Peak · boys
1882 · 337 births
Debut · boys
310 births
In top 100 · boys
20 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
26,205
since 1880

Ed over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #54, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#8,3129
2023#12,2395
2022
2021#8,8258
2020
2019#8,2159
2018#7,13611
2017#9,6967
2016#8,8168
2015#8,7448
2014#10,7176
2013#9,6557
2012
2011#8,0799
2010#6,03614
2009#5,80015
2008#8,3249
2007#6,62212
2006#6,46012
2005#6,22612
2004#5,24615
2003#3,97621
2002#4,04420
2001#3,84221
2000#4,06619
1999#3,48022
1998#4,19716
1997#3,35121
1996#7,1367
1995#2,92324
1994#3,10922
1993#3,14121
1992#2,67026
1991#2,98921
1990#2,69524
1989#2,69023
1988#2,50923
1987#2,11528
1986#1,83733
1985#2,01928
1984#1,69034
1983#1,71133
1982#1,67735
1981#1,60237
1980#1,52440
1979#1,57037
1978#1,71831
1977#1,78029
1976#1,45338
1975#1,25846
1974#1,08258
1973#1,00664
1972#92175
1971#791103
1970#727127
1969#676135
1968#580170
1967#564177
1966#501228
1965#439307
1964#379437
1963#343504
1962#327574
1961#320603
1960#308644
1959#297696
1958#299632
1957#369435
1956#463267
1955#539188
1954#569167
1953#616139
1952#594139
1951#628125
1950#521164
1949#432241
1948#404285
1947#354369
1946#322404
1945#338312
1944#341307
1943#343321
1942#360281
1941#355271
1940#362250
1939#343267
1938#340265
1937#332265
1936#340258
1935#352243
1934#338261
1933#327269
1932#3,9016#343259
1931#360241
1930#2,42513#373232
1929#2,92110#406205
1928#4,1956#368251
1927#3,5618#374245
1926#4,8515#341287
1925#3,6648#373255
1924#4,4346#365270
1923#2,73212#365266
1922#2,47914#345293
1921#2,76212#356287
1920#3,5988#330309
1919#3,8177#301327
1918#2,37614#302333
1917#2,87910#304304
1916#3,9196#315274
1915#2,68810#274321
1914#255286
1913#246238
1912#228229
1911#190164
1910#140229
1909#157159
1908#155152
1907#133178
1906#138149
1905#111190
1904#114184
1903#117168
1902#109175
1901#102162
1900#87297
1899#1,5965#101174
1898#89228
1897#90198
1896#81246
1895#84229
1894#81241
1893#80225
1892#1,4505#66306
1891#70237
1890#70262
1889#71270
1888#68301
1887#62275
1886#63303
1885#54328
1884#60314
1883#64247
1882#54337
1881#61272
1880#55310
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 94 spots in 1957 (#463#369)
  • Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1972 (#791#921)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #54 (337 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1880–1898
  • Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
Share of babies · boys
1 in 329
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 14.4% of all boys named Ed (3,779) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,957#54 (1882)#61
1890s2,346#66 (1892)#81
1900s1,814#87 (1900)#122
1910s2,705#140 (1910)#256
1920s2,668#330 (1920)#362
1930s2,560#327 (1933)#345
1940s3,041#322 (1946)#361
1950s2,952#297 (1959)#490
1960s3,779#308 (1960)#444
1970s608#727 (1970)#1,231
1980s314#1,524 (1980)#1,937
1990s204#2,670 (1992)#3,569
2000s156#3,842 (2001)#5,461
2010s79#6,036 (2010)#8,566
2020s22#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 1930

girls
#2,425
13 births · 1 in 86,610 girls
boys
#373
232 births · 1 in 4,730 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #2,425Ed13

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #373Ed232
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 86,610 of them was named Ed, which outranked 53.8% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ed
  1. #2,306Victorine14
  2. #2,306Vlasta14
  3. #2,306Vola14
  4. #2,425Ed13
  5. #2,425Alena13
  6. #2,425Alex13
  7. #2,425Alys13
  8. #2,552Adelyn12
  9. #2,552Alana12
  10. #2,552Aldina12

Tied with 126 names at #2,425; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 4,730 of them was named Ed, which outranked 91.8% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ed
  1. #370Barry240
  2. #370Buford240
  3. #372Rocco238
  4. #373Ed232
  5. #374Clement229
  6. #374Rolland229
  7. #376Lamar228
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930