Edson

#1,728 for boys in 2025, 94 births

Peak · boys
1887 · 9 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,692
since 1880

Edson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Edson has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #631, 1887boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,72894
2024#1,82089
2023#1,518116
2022#1,523118
2021#1,85383
2020#1,74388
2019#1,441121
2018#1,77786
2017#1,74688
2016#2,30557
2015#2,48650
2014#2,31756
2013#1,94271
2012#2,18560
2011#2,03566
2010#1,65294
2009#2,01069
2008#1,67991
2007#1,70089
2006#1,413111
2005#1,53592
2004#1,60481
2003#1,56181
2002#1,236110
2001#1,35794
2000#1,36193
1999#1,62466
1998#1,33889
1997#1,26391
1996#1,46569
1995#1,52762
1994#1,77349
1993#1,51261
1992#1,73149
1991#1,89541
1990#1,58752
1989#1,70545
1988#1,98932
1987#2,16927
1986#1,69437
1985#2,22624
1984#2,23223
1983#2,20823
1982#1,53940
1981#2,33821
1980#2,61718
1979#2,15723
1978#2,66916
1977#2,27020
1976#2,41718
1975#3,42810
1974#2,79913
1973#2,71613
1972#3,3449
1971#2,68613
1970#2,12518
1969#2,86110
1968
1967#1,97416
1966#2,7849
1965#3,5376
1964#2,40912
1963#1,95717
1962#1,80520
1961#2,07016
1960#2,31513
1959#2,53011
1958#2,09315
1957#2,37512
1956#1,88618
1955#1,97916
1954#2,11414
1953#2,09914
1952#3,0957
1951#1,43027
1950#1,87916
1949#1,50124
1948#1,81717
1947#1,59922
1946#1,55721
1945#1,40622
1944#1,25528
1943#1,43124
1942#1,94614
1941#1,41123
1940#2,17911
1939#1,48920
1938#1,47621
1937#1,34425
1936#1,41722
1935#1,49421
1934#1,49821
1933#1,77016
1932#1,50922
1931#1,58920
1930#1,33029
1929#1,37827
1928#1,48025
1927#1,40728
1926#1,46625
1925#1,45126
1924#1,35530
1923#1,21335
1922#1,22235
1921#1,22635
1920#1,32330
1919#1,24732
1918#1,34328
1917#91948
1916#1,20630
1915#1,06836
1914#1,00331
1913#1,04923
1912#1,17416
1911#1,03811
1910
1909#1,4405
1908#1,0218
1907#9998
1906#1,0047
1905
1904#8748
1903
1902
1901
1900#1,1626
1899
1898#1,1215
1897
1896#8268
1895#9786
1894#1,0745
1893
1892#68810
1891#8416
1890
1889
1888#8157
1887#6319
1886
1885
1884#9715
1883#6778
1882#9435
1881#7067
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Edson was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Edson
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 92 spots since 2024 (#1,820#1,728)
  • 15 spots since 2020 (#1,743#1,728)
  • 758 spots since 2015 (#2,486#1,728)
  • Biggest jump: 287 spots in 1917 (#1,206#919)
  • Biggest drop: 424 spots in 1918 (#919#1,343)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1887 at #631 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1880–1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,268
  • Highest: 1 in 11,268 boys born in 1887 were named Edson (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,171 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 19.4% of all boys named Edson (911) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s47#631 (1887)#793
1890s40#688 (1892)#921
1900s42#874 (1904)#1,083
1910s255#919 (1917)#1,116
1920s296#1,213 (1923)#1,352
1930s217#1,330 (1930)#1,492
1940s206#1,255 (1944)#1,610
1950s150#1,430 (1951)#2,148
1960s119#1,805 (1962)#2,412
1970s153#2,125 (1970)#2,661
1980s290#1,539 (1982)#2,072
1990s629#1,263 (1997)#1,572
2000s911#1,236 (2002)#1,546
2010s749#1,441 (2019)#1,989
2020s588#1,518 (2023)#1,698

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.

Edson in 1883

boys
#677
8 births · 1 in 13,078 boys

Top boys' names in 1883

  1. #1John8,894
  2. #2William8,387
  3. #3James5,223
  4. #4Charles4,826
  5. #5George4,736
  6. #6Frank2,986
  7. #7Joseph2,515
  8. #8Henry2,383
  9. #9Robert2,334
  10. #10Thomas2,316
  11. #677Edson8
More about 1883

boys

104,625 boys got a published name in 1883; 1 in 13,078 of them was named Edson, which outranked 34.3% of the 1,030 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edson
  1. #644Vance9
  2. #644Willam9
  3. #644Wong9
  4. #677Edson8
  5. #677Alois8
  6. #677Alvie8
  7. #677Annie8
  8. #720Addie7
  9. #720Albin7
  10. #720Alpheus7

Tied with 42 names at #677; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. 416Sumner#943#527
  2. 377Alf#837#460
  3. 358Arlie#837#479
  4. 358Everette#837#479
  5. 346Ocie#943#597
Fallers
  1. 429Morton#370#799
  2. 423Saul#469#892
  3. 403Pierce#489#892
  4. 378Bryant#514#892
  5. 352Buck#540#892

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

See the top 100 for 1883