Edson
#1,728 for boys in 2025, 94 births
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,692since 1880
Edson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Edson has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #1,728 | 94 |
| 2024 | #1,820 | 89 |
| 2023 | #1,518 | 116 |
| 2022 | #1,523 | 118 |
| 2021 | #1,853 | 83 |
| 2020 | #1,743 | 88 |
| 2019 | #1,441 | 121 |
| 2018 | #1,777 | 86 |
| 2017 | #1,746 | 88 |
| 2016 | #2,305 | 57 |
| 2015 | #2,486 | 50 |
| 2014 | #2,317 | 56 |
| 2013 | #1,942 | 71 |
| 2012 | #2,185 | 60 |
| 2011 | #2,035 | 66 |
| 2010 | #1,652 | 94 |
| 2009 | #2,010 | 69 |
| 2008 | #1,679 | 91 |
| 2007 | #1,700 | 89 |
| 2006 | #1,413 | 111 |
| 2005 | #1,535 | 92 |
| 2004 | #1,604 | 81 |
| 2003 | #1,561 | 81 |
| 2002 | #1,236 | 110 |
| 2001 | #1,357 | 94 |
| 2000 | #1,361 | 93 |
| 1999 | #1,624 | 66 |
| 1998 | #1,338 | 89 |
| 1997 | #1,263 | 91 |
| 1996 | #1,465 | 69 |
| 1995 | #1,527 | 62 |
| 1994 | #1,773 | 49 |
| 1993 | #1,512 | 61 |
| 1992 | #1,731 | 49 |
| 1991 | #1,895 | 41 |
| 1990 | #1,587 | 52 |
| 1989 | #1,705 | 45 |
| 1988 | #1,989 | 32 |
| 1987 | #2,169 | 27 |
| 1986 | #1,694 | 37 |
| 1985 | #2,226 | 24 |
| 1984 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | #1,539 | 40 |
| 1981 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #1,805 | 20 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | #1,979 | 16 |
| 1954 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #1,430 | 27 |
| 1950 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #1,501 | 24 |
| 1948 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | #1,557 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,406 | 22 |
| 1944 | #1,255 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,431 | 24 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,411 | 23 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,476 | 21 |
| 1937 | #1,344 | 25 |
| 1936 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1929 | #1,378 | 27 |
| 1928 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1927 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1926 | #1,466 | 25 |
| 1925 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1924 | #1,355 | 30 |
| 1923 | #1,213 | 35 |
| 1922 | #1,222 | 35 |
| 1921 | #1,226 | 35 |
| 1920 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1919 | #1,247 | 32 |
| 1918 | #1,343 | 28 |
| 1917 | #919 | 48 |
| 1916 | #1,206 | 30 |
| 1915 | #1,068 | 36 |
| 1914 | #1,003 | 31 |
| 1913 | #1,049 | 23 |
| 1912 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #688 | 10 |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #631 | 9 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #677 | 8 |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 47 | #631 (1887) | #793 |
| 1890s | 40 | #688 (1892) | #921 |
| 1900s | 42 | #874 (1904) | #1,083 |
| 1910s | 255 | #919 (1917) | #1,116 |
| 1920s | 296 | #1,213 (1923) | #1,352 |
| 1930s | 217 | #1,330 (1930) | #1,492 |
| 1940s | 206 | #1,255 (1944) | #1,610 |
| 1950s | 150 | #1,430 (1951) | #2,148 |
| 1960s | 119 | #1,805 (1962) | #2,412 |
| 1970s | 153 | #2,125 (1970) | #2,661 |
| 1980s | 290 | #1,539 (1982) | #2,072 |
| 1990s | 629 | #1,263 (1997) | #1,572 |
| 2000s | 911 | #1,236 (2002) | #1,546 |
| 2010s | 749 | #1,441 (2019) | #1,989 |
| 2020s | 588 | #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 1896
boys
#826
8 births · 1 in 14,946 boys
Top boys' names in 1896
More about 1896
boys
119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 14,946 of them was named Edson, which outranked 34.8% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).