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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #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 1922

girls
#5,009
5 births · 1 in 240,201 girls
boys
#153
1,014 births · 1 in 1,073 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #5,009Edmund5

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #153Edmund1,014
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 240,201 of them was named Edmund, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,789 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. #4,445Zenola6
  2. #4,445Zonnie6
  3. #4,445Zuella6
  4. #5,009Edmund5
  5. #5,009Abelina5
  6. #5,009Adair5
  7. #5,009Adalia5

Tied with 780 names at #5,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 1,073 of them was named Edmund, which outranked 96.9% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edmund
  1. #150Archie1,023
  2. #151Orville1,022
  3. #152Patrick1,019
  4. #153Edmund1,014
  5. #154Salvatore1,005
  6. #155Alex1,003
  7. #156Otis988
Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922