NameTides

Edgar

Edgar was the #486 boys' name in the US in 2025 (617 babies), and #1,276 in England & Wales and #818 in Canada.

Edgar as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Edgar 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Edgar 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
2025#486 (617)#1,276 (22)——#818 (32)
2024#458 (682)#898 (35)—#655 (4)#633 (43)
2023#436 (714)#857 (37)#614 (4)—#620 (43)
2022#417 (775)#862 (36)#590 (4)—#727 (35)
2021#412 (758)#888 (34)—#755 (3)#596 (47)
2020#391 (789)#878 (33)——#659 (39)
2019#386 (812)#1,056 (26)——#681 (37)
2018#357 (925)#690 (50)#704 (3)#635 (4)#490 (56)
2017#356 (940)#794 (41)——#543 (50)
2016#342 (1,013)#726 (47)—#713 (3)#550 (50)
2015#317 (1,114)#702 (47)——#634 (41)
2014#302 (1,180)#765 (41)#680 (3)#715 (3)#630 (42)
2013#286 (1,210)#882 (33)——#625 (41)
2012#269 (1,317)#695 (48)#669 (3)#718 (3)#662 (37)
2011#243 (1,468)#767 (40)—#623 (4)#648 (38)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #50.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Edgar is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 3,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Edgar by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #446WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #513ILMichigan: #905MINew York: #639NYMassachusetts: #413MAOregon: #474ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #621INOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: #488NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #248CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #468CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #250AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #352KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #678NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #541GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #337TXFlorida: #704FL
Edgar (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#32614
Ontario2024#1,1239

Edgar (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EdgarCanadaBoys#81832
EdgarEngland & WalesBoys#1,27622
EdgarIrelandBoys—too few
EdgarNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EdgarScotlandBoys—too few
EdgarUSGirls—too few
EdgarUSBoys#486617