Ed — #8288 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ed

The Social Security Administration has registered 26,207 babies named Ed between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ed currently holds the #8288 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 696 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ed performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 3,780 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ed shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,802 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Ed in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ed in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 26,207 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.