NameTides

Edmund

Edmund was the #1,081 boys' name in the US in 2025 (199 babies), and #650 in England & Wales and #1,049 in Canada.

Edmund as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Edmund as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaIrelandUS
Edmund as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,081 (199)#650 (56)#762 (3)—#829 (3)#1,049 (24)
2024#1,170 (178)#857 (37)#619 (4)—#785 (3)#871 (29)
2023#1,098 (194)#679 (51)——#770 (3)#986 (24)
2022#1,191 (168)#670 (51)#703 (3)——#862 (29)
2021#1,152 (174)#784 (42)——#498 (6)#1,230 (17)
2020#1,415 (122)#766 (41)——#556 (5)#1,071 (20)
2019#1,193 (160)#622 (58)#609 (4)——#1,256 (16)
2018#1,141 (168)#629 (57)———#993 (22)
2017#1,156 (163)#786 (42)———#1,008 (22)
2016#1,035 (192)#691 (50)———#1,159 (18)
2015#1,111 (173)#618 (59)——#699 (3)#1,204 (16)
2014#1,089 (176)#684 (48)——#508 (6)#898 (25)
2013#1,180 (152)#837 (36)——#711 (3)#1,210 (16)
2012#1,273 (138)#805 (39)——#616 (4)#1,403 (13)
2011#1,468 (111)#732 (43)———#1,163 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1914 at #130.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,500 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 8,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Edmund is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,400 to 1 in 9,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Edmund by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #552MNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #571MINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: #621UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,652TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Edmund (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#84913

Edmund (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
EdmundCanadaBoys#1,04924
EdmundEngland & WalesBoys#65056
EdmundIrelandBoys#8293
EdmundNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EdmundScotlandBoys#7623
EdmundUSGirls—too few
EdmundUSBoys#1,081199