Edward · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Edward.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1882

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 123 recorded years as a table

Edward, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1882	46
1883	62
1884	70
1885	38
1886	76
1887	75
1888	50
1889	67
1890	68
1891	32
1892	42
1893	47
1894	58
1895	56
1896	38
1897	43
1898	35
1899	39
1900	27
1902	45
1903	38
1904	25
1905	38
1906	30
1907	28
1908	21
1909	35
1910	45
1911	26
1912	48
1913	67
1914	63
1915	54
1916	41
1917	56
1918	54
1919	58
1920	53
1921	65
1922	77
1923	65
1924	78
1925	87
1926	95
1927	94
1928	120
1929	118
1930	91
1931	95
1932	81
1933	60
1934	63
1935	66
1936	62
1937	55
1938	52
1939	46
1940	39
1941	39
1942	52
1943	39
1944	37
1945	34
1946	33
1947	31
1948	30
1949	29
1950	36
1951	24
1952	29
1953	26
1954	23
1955	26
1956	35
1957	28
1958	32
1959	31
1960	35
1961	34
1962	34
1963	34
1964	32
1965	48
1966	37
1967	37
1968	41
1969	41
1970	35
1971	41
1972	51
1973	40
1974	39
1975	39
1976	34
1977	30
1978	35
1979	41
1980	37
1981	28
1982	31
1983	20
1984	26
1985	26
1986	23
1987	23
1988	22
1989	14
1990	10
1991	10
1992	10
1993	10
1994	10
1995	5
1996	6
1997	3
1998	5
2000	6
2001	4
2002	3
2003	3
2004	5
2007	4
2014	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Edward isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2014: 5
Rank in 2014: #16,513
How rare: 1 in 357,271 girls
Since 1882: 5,361

Edward was last recorded in 2014. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1928, at 120 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Edward doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.