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
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 792 births
- Debut · boys
- 67 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 52,083since 1880
Edmund over time
Rank among boys' names. Edmund has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #1,081 | 199 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,170 | 178 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,098 | 194 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,191 | 168 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,152 | 174 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,415 | 122 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,193 | 160 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,141 | 168 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,156 | 163 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,035 | 192 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,111 | 173 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,089 | 176 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,180 | 152 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,273 | 138 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,468 | 111 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,639 | 95 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,367 | 125 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,425 | 118 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,576 | 99 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,536 | 97 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,431 | 103 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,271 | 118 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,233 | 117 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,215 | 113 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,185 | 115 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,137 | 122 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,068 | 127 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,085 | 119 | |
| 1997 | — | #922 | 147 | |
| 1996 | — | #979 | 128 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,034 | 116 | |
| 1994 | — | #912 | 143 | |
| 1993 | — | #936 | 132 | |
| 1992 | — | #876 | 145 | |
| 1991 | — | #867 | 147 | |
| 1990 | — | #819 | 155 | |
| 1989 | — | #787 | 159 | |
| 1988 | — | #742 | 162 | |
| 1987 | — | #665 | 189 | |
| 1986 | — | #643 | 194 | |
| 1985 | — | #672 | 174 | |
| 1984 | — | #657 | 172 | |
| 1983 | — | #637 | 180 | |
| 1982 | — | #572 | 225 | |
| 1981 | — | #530 | 251 | |
| 1980 | — | #521 | 269 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #454 | 320 |
| 1978 | — | #489 | 271 | |
| 1977 | — | #493 | 271 | |
| 1976 | — | #577 | 198 | |
| 1975 | — | #559 | 209 | |
| 1974 | — | #536 | 223 | |
| 1973 | — | #528 | 221 | |
| 1972 | — | #502 | 245 | |
| 1971 | — | #479 | 285 | |
| 1970 | — | #469 | 298 | |
| 1969 | — | #434 | 332 | |
| 1968 | — | #412 | 350 | |
| 1967 | — | #397 | 369 | |
| 1966 | — | #385 | 394 | |
| 1965 | — | #372 | 432 | |
| 1964 | — | #356 | 484 | |
| 1963 | — | #358 | 473 | |
| 1962 | — | #372 | 469 | |
| 1961 | — | #346 | 523 | |
| 1960 | — | #345 | 509 | |
| 1959 | — | #336 | 532 | |
| 1958 | — | #321 | 573 | |
| 1957 | — | #287 | 662 | |
| 1956 | — | #306 | 591 | |
| 1955 | — | #295 | 604 | |
| 1954 | — | #288 | 607 | |
| 1953 | — | #281 | 621 | |
| 1952 | — | #267 | 659 | |
| 1951 | — | #270 | 625 | |
| 1950 | — | #286 | 553 | |
| 1949 | — | #280 | 586 | |
| 1948 | — | #280 | 576 | |
| 1947 | — | #268 | 633 | |
| 1946 | — | #243 | 637 | |
| 1945 | — | #273 | 478 | |
| 1944 | — | #243 | 555 | |
| 1943 | — | #219 | 666 | |
| 1942 | — | #231 | 602 | |
| 1941 | — | #224 | 576 | |
| 1940 | — | #242 | 498 | |
| 1939 | — | #247 | 467 | |
| 1938 | — | #234 | 513 | |
| 1937 | — | #226 | 523 | |
| 1936 | — | #212 | 554 | |
| 1935 | — | #212 | 564 | |
| 1934 | — | #206 | 600 | |
| 1933 | — | #207 | 567 | |
| 1932 | — | #190 | 691 | |
| 1931 | — | #184 | 708 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #177 | 808 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #171 | 829 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #163 | 911 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #160 | 929 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #156 | 1,012 |
| 1925 | — | #152 | 1,042 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #148 | 1,115 |
| 1923 | — | #143 | 1,145 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #153 | 1,014 |
| 1921 | — | #142 | 1,104 | |
| 1920 | — | #138 | 1,104 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #144 | 1,007 |
| 1918 | — | #140 | 1,099 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #135 | 1,045 |
| 1916 | — | #134 | 1,032 | |
| 1915 | — | #136 | 961 | |
| 1914 | — | #130 | 792 | |
| 1913 | — | #131 | 599 | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #143 | 452 |
| 1911 | — | #142 | 235 | |
| 1910 | — | #154 | 200 | |
| 1909 | — | #166 | 147 | |
| 1908 | — | #164 | 141 | |
| 1907 | — | #167 | 129 | |
| 1906 | — | #161 | 122 | |
| 1905 | — | #176 | 108 | |
| 1904 | — | #167 | 109 | |
| 1903 | — | #166 | 102 | |
| 1902 | — | #167 | 104 | |
| 1901 | — | #161 | 95 | |
| 1900 | — | #202 | 94 | |
| 1899 | — | #168 | 87 | |
| 1898 | — | #163 | 101 | |
| 1897 | — | #161 | 96 | |
| 1896 | — | #150 | 110 | |
| 1895 | — | #175 | 90 | |
| 1894 | — | #160 | 96 | |
| 1893 | — | #180 | 80 | |
| 1892 | — | #170 | 93 | |
| 1891 | — | #202 | 61 | |
| 1890 | — | #224 | 54 | |
| 1889 | — | #155 | 89 | |
| 1888 | — | #197 | 76 | |
| 1887 | — | #196 | 61 | |
| 1886 | — | #173 | 80 | |
| 1885 | — | #192 | 68 | |
| 1884 | — | #191 | 72 | |
| 1883 | — | #185 | 63 | |
| 1882 | — | #186 | 71 | |
| 1881 | — | #187 | 61 | |
| 1880 | — | #187 | 67 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1914 at #130 (792 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 52 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1880–1994
- Highest: 1 in 827 boys born in 1914 were named Edmund (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,583 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 19.6% of all boys named Edmund (10,205) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 708 | #155 (1889) | #185 |
| 1890s | 868 | #150 (1896) | #175 |
| 1900s | 1,151 | #161 (1906) | #170 |
| 1910s | 7,422 | #130 (1914) | #139 |
| 1920s | 10,205 | #138 (1920) | #153 |
| 1930s | 5,995 | #177 (1930) | #210 |
| 1940s | 5,807 | #219 (1943) | #250 |
| 1950s | 6,027 | #267 (1952) | #294 |
| 1960s | 4,335 | #345 (1960) | #378 |
| 1970s | 2,541 | #454 (1979) | #509 |
| 1980s | 1,975 | #521 (1980) | #643 |
| 1990s | 1,359 | #819 (1990) | #950 |
| 2000s | 1,127 | #1,137 (2000) | #1,338 |
| 2010s | 1,528 | #1,035 (2016) | #1,229 |
| 2020s | 1,035 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 321,054 of them was named Edmund, which outranked 14.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,762 names at #10,210; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 5,380 of them was named Edmund, which outranked 93.6% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.