Masculine dossier · first seen 1914

Edsel

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

Endangered Down 97.3% from peak

Peak era

1927

Peak rank proxy

224

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1914Peak 19272024

Peak year

1927

Decline from peak

97.3%

2024

All-time

3,957

Edsel 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 1927, when 224 boys were named Edsel.

In 2024, only 6 boys were given the name.

Down 97.3% from its peak.

All told, about 3,957 Americans have been named Edsel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.3% from peak

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