NameTides

Edison

Edison was the #867 boys' name in the US in 2025 (276 babies), and #507 in England & Wales and #1,015 in Canada.

Edison as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Edison 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanada
Edison 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#867 (276)#507 (76)——#1,015 (25)
2024#826 (302)#552 (69)——#767 (34)
2023#823 (297)#403 (99)——#620 (43)
2022#741 (347)#391 (108)—#779 (3)#582 (46)
2021#616 (452)#356 (126)——#530 (54)
2020#599 (458)#331 (139)——#399 (77)
2019#594 (466)#314 (150)——#399 (76)
2018#538 (522)#371 (122)——#405 (73)
2017#555 (495)#403 (108)——#485 (59)
2016#576 (481)#406 (105)#707 (3)—#406 (74)
2015#635 (420)#438 (93)——#479 (59)
2014#692 (361)#616 (56)——#630 (42)
2013#661 (366)#555 (65)——#611 (43)
2012#751 (304)#719 (46)——#608 (40)
2011#768 (292)#1,087 (24)——#958 (22)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #538.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1891.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,200 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 6,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Edison is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,100 to 1 in 8,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Edison by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #338MNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #914NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #668INOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #797CAUtah: #515UTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #775NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,070TXFlorida: #958FL
Edison (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
Ontario2024#90712

Edison (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
EdisonCanadaBoys#1,01525
EdisonEngland & WalesGirls—too few
EdisonEngland & WalesBoys#50776
EdisonIrelandBoys—too few
EdisonNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EdisonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EdisonScotlandBoys—too few
EdisonUSGirls—too few
EdisonUSBoys#867276