Edsel
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1927 · 224 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,962since 1914
Edsel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Edsel has never cracked the top 300 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #1,506 | 27 |
| 1967 | #1,853 | 18 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #1,456 | 28 |
| 1964 | #1,655 | 23 |
| 1963 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1962 | #1,515 | 27 |
| 1961 | #1,602 | 25 |
| 1960 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1959 | #1,129 | 47 |
| 1958 | #1,018 | 56 |
| 1957 | #1,029 | 54 |
| 1956 | #1,443 | 29 |
| 1955 | #1,240 | 37 |
| 1954 | #1,242 | 36 |
| 1953 | #1,261 | 35 |
| 1952 | #968 | 54 |
| 1951 | #972 | 52 |
| 1950 | #1,006 | 48 |
| 1949 | #1,163 | 37 |
| 1948 | #1,127 | 40 |
| 1947 | #984 | 52 |
| 1946 | #1,111 | 39 |
| 1945 | #1,016 | 39 |
| 1944 | #1,085 | 37 |
| 1943 | #846 | 61 |
| 1942 | #1,167 | 35 |
| 1941 | #951 | 45 |
| 1940 | #802 | 60 |
| 1939 | #931 | 45 |
| 1938 | #808 | 59 |
| 1937 | #1,094 | 35 |
| 1936 | #844 | 52 |
| 1935 | #741 | 68 |
| 1934 | #836 | 56 |
| 1933 | #721 | 71 |
| 1932 | #746 | 70 |
| 1931 | #574 | 105 |
| 1930 | #591 | 104 |
| 1929 | #610 | 98 |
| 1928 | #487 | 156 |
| 1927 | #399 | 224 |
| 1926 | #456 | 174 |
| 1925 | #458 | 173 |
| 1924 | #538 | 138 |
| 1923 | #570 | 120 |
| 1922 | #608 | 113 |
| 1921 | #800 | 72 |
| 1920 | #929 | 55 |
| 1919 | #730 | 76 |
| 1918 | #1,062 | 41 |
| 1917 | #1,152 | 34 |
| 1916 | #1,176 | 31 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Edsel! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2006, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Edsel
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,070 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #12,008)
- 3,941 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #12,008)
- 3,968 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 332 spots in 1919 (#1,062 → #730)
- Biggest drop: 293 spots in 1953 (#968 → #1,261)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1927 at #399 (224 births)
- Births halved by 1929, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1919–1936
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,031
- Highest: 1 in 5,031 boys born in 1927 were named Edsel (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 33.4% of all boys named Edsel (1,323) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 204 | #730 (1919) | #1,515 |
| 1920s | 1,323 | #399 (1927) | #586 |
| 1930s | 665 | #574 (1931) | #789 |
| 1940s | 445 | #802 (1940) | #1,025 |
| 1950s | 448 | #968 (1952) | #1,131 |
| 1960s | 234 | #1,403 (1963) | #1,698 |
| 1970s | 138 | #2,203 (1971) | #2,818 |
| 1980s | 140 | #2,444 (1980) | #3,360 |
| 1990s | 124 | #3,058 (1990) | #4,970 |
| 2000s | 111 | #4,714 (2008) | #6,201 |
| 2010s | 86 | #5,251 (2010) | #8,623 |
| 2020s | 44 | #7,089 (2021) | #9,791 |
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.
Edsel in 1932
boys
#746
70 births · 1 in 14,917 boys
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 14,917 of them was named Edsel, which outranked 82.6% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).