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 0.011297939 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 0.008277874 9 2470 -99%
1889 2311 0.007998034 12 2299 -99%
1890 2295 0.007614441 13 2282 -99%
1891 1995 0.006959197 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 0.006150119 9 2337 -99%
1899 1910 0.005630348 9 1901 -99%
1900 2728 0.006058708 8 2720 -99%
1901 1917 0.005543475 1917 -100%
1902 2306 0.005962786 12 2294 -99%
1903 2278 0.005975835 10 2268 -99%
1904 2342 0.005804429 7 2335 -99%
1905 2377 0.005607124 11 2366 -99%
1906 2407 0.005617912 9 2398 -99%
1907 2585 0.005554457 9 2576 -99%
1908 2714 0.005554055 7 2707 -99%
1909 2947 0.005764596 12 2935 -99%
1910 3425 0.005798088 18 3407 -99%
1911 4175 0.006480112 11 4164 -99%
1912 7963 0.008059227 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 0.008812986 43 17005 -99%
1917 17562 0.008751442 61 17501 -99%
1918 19552 0.009005532 63 19489 -99%
1919 18601 0.008814591 65 18536 -99%
1920 20161 0.008910349 64 20097 -99%
1921 20897 0.008951366 80 20817 -99%
1922 20512 0.008960524 93 20419 -99%
1923 20676 0.008979828 79 20597 -99%
1924 21223 0.008911158 97 21126 -99%
1925 20196 0.008655475 106 20090 -99%
1926 19490 0.00848906 113 19377 -99%
1927 19224 0.008288511 112 19112 -99%
1928 18630 0.008240078 138 18492 -99%
1929 17353 0.007915905 132 17221 -98%
1930 17453 0.007850113 102 17351 -99%
1931 15746 0.007482603 101 15645 -99%
1932 15277 0.007235953 86 15191 -99%
1933 13856 0.006930051 60 13796 -99%
1934 13983 0.006733065 66 13917 -99%
1935 13913 0.006657514 69 13844 -99%
1936 14256 0.006862011 64 14192 -99%
1937 14991 0.007035967 59 14932 -99%
1938 14606 0.006601394 57 14549 -99%
1939 14475 0.006569378 50 14425 -99%
1940 14449 0.006275083 45 14404 -99%
1941 15627 0.006414129 47 15580 -99%
1942 17539 0.006420483 70 17469 -99%
1943 17767 0.006294761 55 17712 -99%
1944 16529 0.006144593 49 16480 -99%
1945 15913 0.005998457 44 15869 -99%
1946 18634 0.005831785 52 18582 -99%
1947 20596 0.005717582 55 20541 -99%
1948 19031 0.005512269 51 18980 -99%
1949 19222 0.005516093 50 19172 -99%
1950 18774 0.005358788 61 18713 -99%
1951 19956 0.005417284 43 19913 -100%
1952 19560 0.005150033 54 19506 -99%
1953 19032 0.004938747 49 18983 -99%
1954 19543 0.004909426 44 19499 -100%
1955 19331 0.004814613 51 19280 -99%
1956 19505 0.004730681 70 19435 -99%
1957 18771 0.004466633 57 18714 -99%
1958 17432 0.004217997 65 17367 -99%
1959 16970 0.004082544 63 16907 -99%
1960 16655 0.004009108 70 16585 -99%
1961 15945 0.003850588 68 15877 -99%
1962 15585 0.003862408 67 15518 -99%
1963 15379 0.003884969 65 15314 -99%
1964 15670 0.004030689 61 15609 -99%
1965 14495 0.003997931 84 14411 -99%
1966 13339 0.003837864 63 13276 -99%
1967 12719 0.003746381 61 12658 -99%
1968 12349 0.003655111 68 12281 -99%
1969 12519 0.00360192 69 12450 -99%
1970 12345 0.003422674 62 12283 -99%
1971 11130 0.003242552 68 11062 -99%
1972 9373 0.00298188 78 9295 -98%
1973 8424 0.002792066 59 8365 -99%
1974 7879 0.002591601 57 7822 -99%
1975 7439 0.002463465 57 7382 -98%
1976 7101 0.002339986 50 7051 -99%
1977 6887 0.002167971 46 6841 -99%
1978 6536 0.002059107 53 6483 -98%
1979 6942 0.002086368 66 6876 -98%
1980 6828 0.001982095 61 6767 -98%
1981 6706 0.001938381 46 6660 -99%
1982 6339 0.00180692 52 6287 -98%
1983 6037 0.001743065 33 6004 -99%
1984 5957 0.001707495 43 5914 -99%
1985 5915 0.001657321 44 5871 -99%
1986 5817 0.001635389 40 5777 -99%
1987 5949 0.001650007 40 5909 -99%
1988 5839 0.001580347 40 5799 -99%
1989 5875 0.001528235 25 5850 -99%
1990 5765 0.001458716 19 5746 -99%
1991 5591 0.001435434 19 5572 -99%
1992 5249 0.001366584 18 5231 -99%
1993 4808 0.001275337 18 4790 -99%
1994 4540 0.001221298 18 4522 -99%
1995 4151 0.001133569 9 4142 -100%
1996 4085 0.001120124 10 4075 -100%
1997 3921 0.001081498 5 3916 -100%
1998 3583 0.000974176 8 3575 -100%
1999 3596 0.000973571 3596 -100%
2000 3494 0.000924432 11 3483 -99%
2001 3384 0.000904065 8 3376 -100%
2002 3250 0.000869497 6 3244 -100%
2003 3118 0.000820146 5 3113 -100%
2004 3161 0.000827409 10 3151 -99%
2005 2973 0.00077338 2973 -100%
2006 2870 0.000725606 2870 -100%
2007 2832 0.000708594 7 2825 -100%
2008 2794 0.000711045 2794 -100%
2009 2985 0.000781654 2985 -100%
2010 2904 0.000786049 2904 -100%
2011 2668 0.000729698 2668 -100%
2012 2594 0.000709574 2594 -100%
2013 2709 0.000743485 2709 -100%
2014 2596 0.000700829 5 2591 -100%
2015 2601 0.000703279 2601 -100%
2016 2515 0.00068606 2515 -100%
2017 2326 0.000651038 2326 -100%
2018 2283 0.000650103 2283 -100%
2019 2050 0.00059149 2050 -100%
2020 1948 0.000584286 1948 -100%
2021 1746 0.000516612 1746 -100%
2022 1736 0.000516375 1736 -100%