Name Trends

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How popular is “Edward” in the USA?

Number of people named “Edward” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Edward” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Edward” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Edward” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Edward” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Edward” by birth year

This chart shows how “Edward” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 2364 0.011732941 2364 -100%
1881 2177 0.011298057 2177 -100%
1882 2482 0.011203748 5 2477 -100%
1883 2257 0.01040351 7 2250 -99%
1884 2448 0.010054998 9 2439 -99%
1885 2225 0.009237962 5 2220 -100%
1886 2323 0.009098529 11 2312 -99%
1887 2136 0.008634071 11 2125 -99%
1888 2479 0.008277847 9 2470 -99%
1889 2311 0.007998034 12 2299 -99%
1890 2295 0.007614441 13 2282 -99%
1891 1995 0.006959149 6 1989 -99%
1892 2425 0.007252358 9 2416 -99%
1893 2319 0.007130492 10 2309 -99%
1894 2192 0.006471995 13 2179 -99%
1895 2216 0.006313031 13 2203 -99%
1896 2305 0.006447841 9 2296 -99%
1897 2131 0.006141971 10 2121 -99%
1898 2346 0.006150136 9 2337 -99%
1899 1910 0.005630332 9 1901 -99%
1900 2728 0.006058748 8 2720 -99%
1901 1917 0.005543475 1917 -100%
1902 2306 0.00596277 12 2294 -99%
1903 2278 0.005975866 10 2268 -99%
1904 2342 0.005804429 7 2335 -99%
1905 2377 0.005607164 11 2366 -99%
1906 2407 0.005617912 9 2398 -99%
1907 2585 0.005554481 9 2576 -99%
1908 2714 0.005554089 7 2707 -99%
1909 2947 0.005764596 12 2935 -99%
1910 3425 0.005798098 18 3407 -99%
1911 4175 0.006480122 11 4164 -99%
1912 7963 0.008059211 27 7936 -99%
1913 9516 0.008368583 42 9474 -99%
1914 12367 0.008731636 48 12319 -99%
1915 15942 0.008699942 53 15889 -99%
1916 17048 0.008812991 43 17005 -99%
1917 17562 0.008751464 61 17501 -99%
1918 19552 0.009005528 63 19489 -99%
1919 18601 0.008814616 65 18536 -99%
1920 20161 0.008910376 64 20097 -99%
1921 20897 0.008951362 80 20817 -99%
1922 20512 0.008960508 93 20419 -99%
1923 20676 0.008979878 79 20597 -99%
1924 21223 0.008911199 97 21126 -99%
1925 20196 0.008655544 106 20090 -99%
1926 19488 0.008488156 113 19375 -99%
1927 19226 0.008289363 112 19114 -99%
1928 18630 0.008239943 138 18492 -99%
1929 17352 0.007915477 132 17220 -98%
1930 17453 0.007850085 102 17351 -99%
1931 15748 0.007483411 101 15647 -99%
1932 15276 0.007235384 86 15190 -99%
1933 13857 0.006930416 60 13797 -99%
1934 13983 0.006732902 66 13917 -99%
1935 13913 0.006657256 69 13844 -99%
1936 14258 0.006862799 64 14194 -99%
1937 14989 0.007034876 59 14930 -99%
1938 14607 0.006601813 57 14550 -99%
1939 14478 0.006570629 50 14428 -99%
1940 14449 0.006274849 45 14404 -99%
1941 15628 0.006414316 47 15581 -99%
1942 17539 0.006420267 70 17469 -99%
1943 17768 0.006294997 55 17713 -99%
1944 16530 0.006144801 49 16481 -99%
1945 15915 0.005999073 44 15871 -99%
1946 18637 0.005832616 52 18585 -99%
1947 20594 0.005716868 55 20539 -99%
1948 19034 0.005513078 51 18983 -99%
1949 19222 0.005515993 50 19172 -99%
1950 18776 0.005359429 61 18715 -99%
1951 19956 0.005417322 43 19913 -100%
1952 19558 0.005149546 54 19504 -99%
1953 19033 0.004938961 49 18984 -99%
1954 19537 0.004907921 44 19493 -100%
1955 19331 0.004814599 51 19280 -99%
1956 19507 0.004731221 70 19437 -99%
1957 18768 0.004466292 57 18711 -99%
1958 17440 0.004218773 65 17375 -99%
1959 16979 0.004083462 63 16916 -99%
1960 16662 0.004011252 70 16592 -99%
1961 15944 0.003849068 68 15876 -99%
1962 15582 0.003861354 67 15515 -99%
1963 15385 0.003886868 65 15320 -99%
1964 15669 0.004030502 61 15608 -99%
1965 14495 0.003998125 84 14411 -99%
1966 13340 0.003838125 63 13277 -99%
1967 12714 0.003745033 61 12653 -99%
1968 12344 0.003653787 68 12276 -99%
1969 12521 0.003602831 69 12452 -99%
1970 12340 0.003421587 62 12278 -99%
1971 11129 0.00324238 68 11061 -99%
1972 9373 0.002982188 78 9295 -98%
1973 8418 0.002790293 59 8359 -99%
1974 7877 0.002591119 57 7820 -99%
1975 7437 0.002463077 57 7380 -98%
1976 7098 0.002339255 50 7048 -99%
1977 6886 0.002167799 46 6840 -99%
1978 6533 0.00205837 53 6480 -98%
1979 6941 0.002086264 66 6875 -98%
1980 6824 0.001981126 61 6763 -98%
1981 6707 0.00193879 46 6661 -99%
1982 6333 0.001805322 52 6281 -98%
1983 6038 0.001743404 33 6005 -99%
1984 5957 0.001707486 43 5914 -99%
1985 5913 0.001656716 44 5869 -99%
1986 5819 0.001635893 40 5779 -99%
1987 5951 0.001650482 40 5911 -99%
1988 5841 0.001580766 40 5801 -99%
1989 5874 0.001527918 25 5849 -99%
1990 5765 0.001458579 19 5746 -99%
1991 5591 0.001435332 19 5572 -99%
1992 5251 0.001366995 18 5233 -99%
1993 4808 0.001275237 18 4790 -99%
1994 4538 0.001220663 18 4520 -99%
1995 4152 0.001133759 9 4143 -100%
1996 4083 0.00111949 10 4073 -100%
1997 3920 0.001081156 5 3915 -100%
1998 3583 0.000974116 8 3575 -100%
1999 3597 0.000973776 3597 -100%
2000 3496 0.000924891 11 3485 -99%
2001 3384 0.000903993 8 3376 -100%
2002 3250 0.000869381 6 3244 -100%
2003 3119 0.000820289 5 3114 -100%
2004 3164 0.000828072 10 3154 -99%
2005 2975 0.000773763 2975 -100%
2006 2871 0.000725698 2871 -100%
2007 2834 0.000708911 7 2827 -100%
2008 2794 0.000710821 2794 -100%
2009 2987 0.000781901 2987 -100%
2010 2905 0.00078604 2905 -100%
2011 2671 0.000730222 2671 -100%
2012 2597 0.000710074 2597 -100%
2013 2709 0.000743074 2709 -100%
2014 2596 0.000700415 5 2591 -100%
2015 2601 0.0007028 2601 -100%
2016 2517 0.000686074 2517 -100%
2017 2327 0.000650692 2327 -100%
2018 2286 0.00065019 2286 -100%
2019 2053 0.000591484 2053 -100%
2020 1950 0.000583732 1950 -100%
2021 1748 0.000515946 1748 -100%
2022 1751 0.000517567 1751 -100%
2023 1734 0.000523678 1734 -100%
2024 1584 0.00047589 1584 -100%