Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Ed

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ed
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.7% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

696

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

98.7%

2024

All-time

26,207

Ed once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 696 boys were named Ed.

In 2024, only 9 boys were given the name.

Down 98.7% from its peak.

All told, about 26,207 Americans have been named Ed and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.7% from peak

1959696 boys named Ed

20249 boys named Ed

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