Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Edward

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

Endangered Down 92.5% from peak

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

21,126

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

92.5%

2024

1,584

All-time

1,301,987

Edward 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 1924, when 21,126 boys were named Edward.

In 2024, only 1,584 boys were given the name.

Down 92.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,301,987 Americans have been named Edward and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.5% from peak

192421,126 boys named Edward

20241,584 boys named Edward

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