Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ed” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ed” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ed” 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 “Ed” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ed” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ed” 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 310 0.001538584 310 -100%
1881 272 0.001411608 272 -100%
1882 337 0.001521218 337 -100%
1883 247 0.001138532 247 -100%
1884 314 0.001289734 314 -100%
1885 328 0.001361821 328 -100%
1886 303 0.001186765 303 -100%
1887 275 0.001111596 275 -100%
1888 301 0.001005096 301 -100%
1889 270 0.000934431 270 -100%
1890 262 0.000869274 262 -100%
1891 237 0.000826726 237 -100%
1892 311 0.000930096 5 306 -97%
1893 225 0.000691833 225 -100%
1894 241 0.000711565 241 -100%
1895 229 0.000652384 229 -100%
1896 246 0.000688143 246 -100%
1897 198 0.000570676 198 -100%
1898 228 0.000597711 228 -100%
1899 179 0.000527659 5 174 -94%
1900 297 0.000659622 297 -100%
1901 162 0.000468463 162 -100%
1902 175 0.000452509 175 -100%
1903 168 0.000440714 168 -100%
1904 184 0.000456027 184 -100%
1905 190 0.000448196 190 -100%
1906 149 0.000347764 149 -100%
1907 178 0.000382475 178 -100%
1908 152 0.000311062 152 -100%
1909 159 0.000311018 159 -100%
1910 229 0.000387668 229 -100%
1911 164 0.000254549 164 -100%
1912 229 0.000231767 229 -100%
1913 238 0.000209303 238 -100%
1914 286 0.000201928 286 -100%
1915 331 0.000180635 10 321 -94%
1916 280 0.000144746 6 274 -96%
1917 314 0.000156472 10 304 -94%
1918 347 0.000159826 14 333 -92%
1919 334 0.000158275 7 327 -96%
1920 317 0.000140102 8 309 -95%
1921 299 0.000128079 12 287 -92%
1922 307 0.000134111 14 293 -91%
1923 278 0.000120739 12 266 -91%
1924 276 0.000115888 6 270 -96%
1925 263 0.000112716 8 255 -94%
1926 292 0.000127183 5 287 -97%
1927 253 0.000109082 8 245 -94%
1928 257 0.00011367 6 251 -95%
1929 215 0.000098077 10 205 -91%
1930 245 0.000110197 13 232 -89%
1931 241 0.000114523 241 -100%
1932 265 0.000125516 6 259 -95%
1933 269 0.000134537 269 -100%
1934 261 0.000125673 261 -100%
1935 243 0.000116274 243 -100%
1936 258 0.000124183 258 -100%
1937 265 0.000124374 265 -100%
1938 265 0.00011977 265 -100%
1939 267 0.000121174 267 -100%
1940 251 0.000109003 251 -100%
1941 271 0.000111229 271 -100%
1942 281 0.000102862 281 -100%
1943 321 0.000113727 321 -100%
1944 307 0.000114123 307 -100%
1945 312 0.000117607 312 -100%
1946 404 0.000126435 404 -100%
1947 369 0.000102434 369 -100%
1948 285 0.000082548 285 -100%
1949 241 0.000069158 241 -100%
1950 164 0.000046812 164 -100%
1951 125 0.000033933 125 -100%
1952 139 0.000036598 139 -100%
1953 139 0.00003607 139 -100%
1954 167 0.000041952 167 -100%
1955 188 0.000046823 188 -100%
1956 267 0.000064758 267 -100%
1957 435 0.000103519 435 -100%
1958 632 0.000152882 632 -100%
1959 696 0.000167388 696 -100%
1960 644 0.000155038 644 -100%
1961 604 0.000145813 604 -100%
1962 574 0.000142242 574 -100%
1963 504 0.000127331 504 -100%
1964 437 0.000112409 437 -100%
1965 307 0.000084679 307 -100%
1966 228 0.000065599 228 -100%
1967 177 0.000052137 177 -100%
1968 170 0.000050319 170 -100%
1969 135 0.000038845 135 -100%
1970 127 0.000035214 127 -100%
1971 103 0.000030009 103 -100%
1972 75 0.000023863 75 -100%
1973 64 0.000021214 64 -100%
1974 58 0.000019079 58 -100%
1975 46 0.000015235 46 -100%
1976 38 0.000012523 38 -100%
1977 29 0.00000913 29 -100%
1978 31 0.000009767 31 -100%
1979 37 0.000011121 37 -100%
1980 40 0.000011613 40 -100%
1981 37 0.000010696 37 -100%
1982 35 0.000009977 35 -100%
1983 33 0.000009528 33 -100%
1984 34 0.000009746 34 -100%
1985 28 0.000007845 28 -100%
1986 33 0.000009277 33 -100%
1987 28 0.000007766 28 -100%
1988 23 0.000006225 23 -100%
1989 23 0.000005983 23 -100%
1990 24 0.000006072 24 -100%
1991 21 0.000005391 21 -100%
1992 26 0.000006769 26 -100%
1993 21 0.00000557 21 -100%
1994 22 0.000005918 22 -100%
1995 24 0.000006554 24 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1998 16 0.00000435 16 -100%
1999 22 0.000005956 22 -100%
2000 19 0.000005027 19 -100%
2001 21 0.00000561 21 -100%
2002 20 0.00000535 20 -100%
2003 21 0.000005523 21 -100%
2004 15 0.000003926 15 -100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 -100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 -100%
2009 15 0.000003927 15 -100%
2010 14 0.000003788 14 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 -100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 -100%

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