Edd

Last seen for girls in 1930 at #3,658 · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1887 · 60 births
Debut · boys
52 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,438
since 1880

Edd over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Edd has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #198, 1887boys
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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
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006#12,0555
2005#10,1516
2004
2003
2002#8,4567
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990#8,1175
1989
1988#7,2705
1987
1986#6,7215
1985#6,5235
1984#3,70111
1983#6,2385
1982#3,48212
1981#4,1539
1980#4,1349
1979#3,16813
1978#5,0596
1977#5,1236
1976#4,0128
1975#3,9418
1974#3,12011
1973#2,85712
1972#3,3449
1971#2,97311
1970#2,50914
1969#1,97718
1968#2,20014
1967#2,03015
1966#1,61323
1965#2,27013
1964#1,97517
1963#2,11515
1962#1,66923
1961#1,68623
1960#1,48629
1959#1,18243
1958#1,18642
1957#1,63424
1956#1,38531
1955#1,41929
1954#1,26835
1953#1,59223
1952#1,43028
1951#1,29532
1950#1,08642
1949#99749
1948#92356
1947#91658
1946#77773
1945#73669
1944#79762
1943#95649
1942#94749
1941#90549
1940#75866
1939#74565
1938#80859
1937#80359
1936#85351
1935#64784
1934#64287
1933#71072
1932#70876
1931#66780
1930#3,6587#584105
1929#70178
1928#71379
1927#64995
1926#627100
1925#577116
1924#67792
1923#600111
1922#566126
1921#586117
1920#568120
1919#4,2516#464163
1918#564115
1917#566108
1916#555106
1915#562101
1914#50892
1913#53964
1912#50063
1911#44643
1910#48033
1909#38839
1908#32647
1907#33141
1906#28649
1905#30643
1904#32837
1903#28244
1902#27248
1901#28437
1900#26261
1899#26641
1898#26346
1897#25347
1896#29639
1895#27641
1894#21860
1893#22656
1892#21765
1891#21953
1890#21062
1889#22352
1888#21468
1887#19860
1886#21362
1885#23051
1884#24050
1883#24543
1882#20363
1881#24440
1880#22552
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Edd was already there! It came in at #225, and was given to 52 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1985–2001, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Edd
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
  • Biggest jump: 159 spots in 1944 (#956#797)
  • Biggest drop: 206 spots in 1936 (#647#853)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1887 at #198 (60 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 65 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 70 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1880–1949
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,690
  • Highest: 1 in 1,690 boys born in 1887 were named Edd (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 411,055 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.0% of all boys named Edd (1,034) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s541#198 (1887)#224
1890s510#210 (1890)#244
1900s446#262 (1900)#307
1910s888#446 (1911)#518
1920s1,034#566 (1922)#626
1930s738#584 (1930)#717
1940s580#736 (1945)#871
1950s329#1,086 (1950)#1,348
1960s190#1,486 (1960)#1,902
1970s98#2,509 (1970)#3,611
1980s61#3,482 (1982)#5,278
1990s5#8,117 (1990)#8,117
2000s18#8,456 (2002)#10,221

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.

Edd in 1935

boys
#647
84 births · 1 in 12,397 boys

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #647Edd84
More about 1935

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 12,397 of them was named Edd, which outranked 84.4% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edd
  1. #641Lemuel85
  2. #641Reynaldo85
  3. #641Theron85
  4. #647Edd84
  5. #647Bryant84
  6. #647Carson84
  7. #647Hermon84
  8. #652Alford83
  9. #652Art83
  10. #652Donal83

Tied with 4 names at #647; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 1,371Darwyn#2,121#750
  2. 678Landon#1,608#930
  3. 678Stafford#1,658#980
  4. 666Lance#1,658#992
  5. 492Delwin#1,461#969
Fallers
  1. 534Estel#792#1,326
  2. 493Gustav#897#1,390
  3. 381Florian#845#1,226
  4. 353Laurie#942#1,295
  5. 342Valentin#931#1,273

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

See the top 100 for 1935