Ed

Ed peaked in the US in 1885 at #54, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Ed as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ed as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020
Ed as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2024#8,312 (9)————
2023#12,239 (5)————
2021#8,825 (8)————
2019#8,215 (9)———#2,756 (5)
2018#7,136 (11)#3,412 (5)———
2017#9,696 (7)——#610 (4)#2,762 (5)
2016#8,816 (8)#1,804 (13)———
2015#8,744 (8)#3,004 (6)—#699 (3)#2,715 (5)
2014#10,717 (6)#3,895 (4)#680 (3)——
2013#9,655 (7)#3,315 (5)———
2012—#3,039 (6)———
2011#8,079 (9)#2,194 (9)——#2,629 (5)
2010#6,036 (14)#2,941 (6)———
2009#5,800 (15)#1,981 (10)———
2008#8,324 (9)#4,432 (3)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1885 at #54.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EdCanadaBoys—too few
EdEngland & WalesBoys—too few
EdIrelandBoys—too few
EdNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EdScotlandBoys—too few
EdUSGirls—too few
EdUSBoys—too few