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 0.010403559 7 2250 -99%
1884 2448 0.010054998 9 2439 -99%
1885 2225 0.009237962 5 2220 -100%
1886 2323 0.009098493 11 2312 -99%
1887 2136 0.008634035 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 0.006959173 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 0.006313012 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 0.006058735 8 2720 -99%
1901 1917 0.005543475 1917 -100%
1902 2306 0.00596277 12 2294 -99%
1903 2278 0.005975835 10 2268 -99%
1904 2342 0.005804429 7 2335 -99%
1905 2377 0.005607137 11 2366 -99%
1906 2407 0.005617912 9 2398 -99%
1907 2585 0.005554469 9 2576 -99%
1908 2714 0.005554078 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 0.008059219 27 7936 -99%
1913 9516 0.008368576 42 9474 -99%
1914 12367 0.008731623 48 12319 -99%
1915 15942 0.008699923 53 15889 -99%
1916 17048 0.008813 43 17005 -99%
1917 17562 0.008751464 61 17501 -99%
1918 19552 0.009005523 63 19489 -99%
1919 18601 0.008814608 65 18536 -99%
1920 20161 0.008910376 64 20097 -99%
1921 20897 0.00895137 80 20817 -99%
1922 20512 0.008960512 93 20419 -99%
1923 20676 0.008979867 79 20597 -99%
1924 21223 0.008911188 97 21126 -99%
1925 20196 0.008655534 106 20090 -99%
1926 19488 0.008488186 113 19375 -99%
1927 19226 0.008289352 112 19114 -99%
1928 18630 0.008239998 138 18492 -99%
1929 17353 0.007915965 132 17221 -98%
1930 17452 0.007849636 102 17350 -99%
1931 15746 0.007482535 101 15645 -99%
1932 15278 0.007236375 86 15192 -99%
1933 13857 0.006930468 60 13797 -99%
1934 13983 0.006732948 66 13917 -99%
1935 13913 0.006657346 69 13844 -99%
1936 14256 0.006861893 64 14192 -99%
1937 14992 0.00703641 59 14933 -99%
1938 14606 0.006601367 57 14549 -99%
1939 14476 0.006569775 50 14426 -99%
1940 14449 0.00627498 45 14404 -99%
1941 15629 0.00641485 47 15582 -99%
1942 17538 0.006420041 70 17468 -99%
1943 17768 0.006295003 55 17713 -99%
1944 16531 0.006145225 49 16482 -99%
1945 15913 0.005998412 44 15869 -99%
1946 18635 0.005832047 52 18583 -99%
1947 20595 0.005717244 55 20540 -99%
1948 19032 0.005512517 51 18981 -99%
1949 19222 0.005516052 50 19172 -99%
1950 18776 0.005359414 61 18715 -99%
1951 19956 0.005417348 43 19913 -100%
1952 19558 0.005149544 54 19504 -99%
1953 19031 0.004938484 49 18982 -99%
1954 19541 0.004908955 44 19497 -100%
1955 19328 0.00481391 51 19277 -99%
1956 19508 0.004731463 70 19438 -99%
1957 18768 0.004466379 57 18711 -99%
1958 17441 0.004218662 65 17376 -99%
1959 16969 0.004082304 63 16906 -99%
1960 16660 0.004010668 70 16590 -99%
1961 15945 0.003849633 68 15877 -99%
1962 15585 0.003862625 67 15518 -99%
1963 15381 0.003885728 65 15316 -99%
1964 15667 0.00403003 61 15606 -99%
1965 14494 0.003997814 84 14410 -99%
1966 13338 0.003837643 63 13275 -99%
1967 12716 0.003745637 61 12655 -99%
1968 12347 0.003654729 68 12279 -99%
1969 12519 0.003602228 69 12450 -99%
1970 12343 0.00342243 62 12281 -99%
1971 11128 0.003242156 68 11060 -99%
1972 9371 0.002981529 78 9293 -98%
1973 8419 0.002790657 59 8360 -99%
1974 7877 0.002591118 57 7820 -99%
1975 7438 0.002463425 57 7381 -98%
1976 7099 0.002339575 50 7049 -99%
1977 6886 0.002167855 46 6840 -99%
1978 6533 0.002058403 53 6480 -98%
1979 6941 0.002086288 66 6875 -98%
1980 6826 0.001981716 61 6765 -98%
1981 6706 0.001938523 46 6660 -99%
1982 6334 0.001805618 52 6282 -98%
1983 6038 0.001743436 33 6005 -99%
1984 5957 0.001707534 43 5914 -99%
1985 5914 0.001657058 44 5870 -99%
1986 5818 0.001635673 40 5778 -99%
1987 5950 0.001650261 40 5910 -99%
1988 5840 0.001580574 40 5800 -99%
1989 5875 0.001528224 25 5850 -99%
1990 5765 0.001458664 19 5746 -99%
1991 5591 0.001435398 19 5572 -99%
1992 5249 0.001366543 18 5231 -99%
1993 4808 0.001275286 18 4790 -99%
1994 4538 0.001220719 18 4520 -99%
1995 4152 0.0011338 9 4143 -100%
1996 4083 0.001119537 10 4073 -100%
1997 3920 0.001081191 5 3915 -100%
1998 3583 0.000974147 8 3575 -100%
1999 3597 0.000973808 3597 -100%
2000 3496 0.000924919 11 3485 -99%
2001 3384 0.000904023 8 3376 -100%
2002 3250 0.000869418 6 3244 -100%
2003 3119 0.000820354 5 3114 -100%
2004 3162 0.000827612 10 3152 -99%
2005 2973 0.000773303 2973 -100%
2006 2870 0.000725518 2870 -100%
2007 2832 0.000708486 7 2825 -100%
2008 2794 0.000710924 2794 -100%
2009 2985 0.000781517 2985 -100%
2010 2905 0.000786167 2905 -100%
2011 2669 0.000729803 2669 -100%
2012 2594 0.000709393 2594 -100%
2013 2709 0.00074325 2709 -100%
2014 2596 0.000700596 5 2591 -100%
2015 2601 0.000703002 2601 -100%
2016 2515 0.000685749 2515 -100%
2017 2327 0.000650961 2327 -100%
2018 2285 0.000650228 2285 -100%
2019 2052 0.000591561 2052 -100%
2020 1949 0.00058391 1949 -100%
2021 1746 0.000515853 1746 -100%
2022 1747 0.000517076 1747 -100%
2023 1723 0.000522557 1723 -100%