Edmund

Last seen for girls in 1979 at #10,210 · #1,081 for boys in 2025, 199 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1914 · 792 births
Debut · boys
67 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
52,083
since 1880

Edmund over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #130, 1914boys
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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#1,081199
2024#1,170178
2023#1,098194
2022#1,191168
2021#1,152174
2020#1,415122
2019#1,193160
2018#1,141168
2017#1,156163
2016#1,035192
2015#1,111173
2014#1,089176
2013#1,180152
2012#1,273138
2011#1,468111
2010#1,63995
2009#1,367125
2008#1,425118
2007#1,57699
2006#1,53697
2005#1,431103
2004#1,271118
2003#1,233117
2002#1,215113
2001#1,185115
2000#1,137122
1999#1,068127
1998#1,085119
1997#922147
1996#979128
1995#1,034116
1994#912143
1993#936132
1992#876145
1991#867147
1990#819155
1989#787159
1988#742162
1987#665189
1986#643194
1985#672174
1984#657172
1983#637180
1982#572225
1981#530251
1980#521269
1979#10,2105#454320
1978#489271
1977#493271
1976#577198
1975#559209
1974#536223
1973#528221
1972#502245
1971#479285
1970#469298
1969#434332
1968#412350
1967#397369
1966#385394
1965#372432
1964#356484
1963#358473
1962#372469
1961#346523
1960#345509
1959#336532
1958#321573
1957#287662
1956#306591
1955#295604
1954#288607
1953#281621
1952#267659
1951#270625
1950#286553
1949#280586
1948#280576
1947#268633
1946#243637
1945#273478
1944#243555
1943#219666
1942#231602
1941#224576
1940#242498
1939#247467
1938#234513
1937#226523
1936#212554
1935#212564
1934#206600
1933#207567
1932#190691
1931#184708
1930#4,5505#177808
1929#4,0536#171829
1928#4,7255#163911
1927#4,8055#160929
1926#3,8737#1561,012
1925#1521,042
1924#4,0027#1481,115
1923#1431,145
1922#5,0095#1531,014
1921#1421,104
1920#1381,104
1919#4,8145#1441,007
1918#1401,099
1917#4,5945#1351,045
1916#1341,032
1915#136961
1914#130792
1913#131599
1912#2,9795#143452
1911#142235
1910#154200
1909#166147
1908#164141
1907#167129
1906#161122
1905#176108
1904#167109
1903#166102
1902#167104
1901#16195
1900#20294
1899#16887
1898#163101
1897#16196
1896#150110
1895#17590
1894#16096
1893#18080
1892#17093
1891#20261
1890#22454
1889#15589
1888#19776
1887#19661
1886#17380
1885#19268
1884#19172
1883#18563
1882#18671
1881#18761
1880#18767
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Edmund was already there! It came in at #187, and was given to 67 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 62 boys a year got the name.

See more about Edmund
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 89 spots since 2024 (#1,170#1,081)
  • 334 spots since 2020 (#1,415#1,081)
  • 30 spots since 2015 (#1,111#1,081)
  • Biggest jump: 84 spots in 1977 (#577#493)
  • Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1998 (#922#1,085)
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1914 at #130 (792 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 52 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 117 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1880–1994
Share of babies · boys
1 in 827
  • Highest: 1 in 827 boys born in 1914 were named Edmund (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,583 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.6% of all boys named Edmund (10,205) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s708#155 (1889)#185
1890s868#150 (1896)#175
1900s1,151#161 (1906)#170
1910s7,422#130 (1914)#139
1920s10,205#138 (1920)#153
1930s5,995#177 (1930)#210
1940s5,807#219 (1943)#250
1950s6,027#267 (1952)#294
1960s4,335#345 (1960)#378
1970s2,541#454 (1979)#509
1980s1,975#521 (1980)#643
1990s1,359#819 (1990)#950
2000s1,127#1,137 (2000)#1,338
2010s1,528#1,035 (2016)#1,229
2020s1,035#1,081 (2025)#1,185

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.

Edmund in 1917

girls
#4,594
5 births · 1 in 216,253 girls
boys
#135
1,045 births · 1 in 886 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #4,594Edmund5

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #135Edmund1,045
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 216,253 of them was named Edmund, which outranked 13.5% 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).

Ranked beside Edmund
  1. #4,083Zudora6
  2. #4,083Zulema6
  3. #4,083Zura6
  4. #4,594Edmund5
  5. #4,594Aaron5
  6. #4,594Abell5
  7. #4,594Adalaide5

Tied with 716 names at #4,594; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 886 of them was named Edmund, which outranked 97.1% 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).

Ranked beside Edmund
  1. #132Alex1,081
  2. #133Jerome1,073
  3. #134Orville1,061
  4. #135Edmund1,045
  5. #136Wesley1,014
  6. #137Emil1,004
  7. #138Douglas981
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917