Boys' name · peaked in 1914
Edmund name popularity since 1925
36,485 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Edmund. Half of them were born in 1952 or earlier, so the typical Edmund is about 74 years old in 2026. Edmund peaked in 1914 as the #130 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 36,485
- Named Edmund, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1914
- #130 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,082 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% boys
- 33 girls · 36,452 boys
- Most popular in
- Massachusetts
- 3.86× its national share
Peak year is the year Edmund made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Edmund births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Edmund peaked earlier, in 1914.
- Steepest fall: Between 1979 and 1984, Edmund's share of baby boys fell by 49%, from 1 in 5,380 to 1 in 10,500.
- Fastest rise: Between 2011 and 2016, it became 1.7× more common, from 1 in 17,100 baby boys to 1 in 9,880.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Edmund's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Edmund.
Decade by decade
Babies named Edmund in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 23 | 4,723 | – |
| 1930s | 5 | 5,995 | #212 |
| 1940s | 0 | 5,807 | #274 |
| 1950s | 0 | 6,027 | #295 |
| 1960s | 0 | 4,335 | #372 |
| 1970s | 5 | 2,541 | #560 |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,975 | #673 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,359 | #1,035 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,127 | #1,432 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,528 | #1,113 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 1,035 | #1,082 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
30.5% of babies named Edmund from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Edmund is most popular
The index compares Edmund's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Edmund.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 3.86× | 2,908 |
| Rhode Island | 3.68× | 413 |
| Hawaii | 3.52× | 349 |
| Connecticut | 2.72× | 935 |
| New York | 2.16× | 5,205 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Edmund and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Edmund (this page) | 36,452 | 1914 |
| Edmond | 18,746 | 1908 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Edmund's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Edmund.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Edmund (1914).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data