Edan — #3109 US boys' name
1,495 babies named Edan in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Edan was born in this single decade.
67 babies were named Edan in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Edan
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,495 babies named Edan between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Edan currently holds the #3109 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 67 babies received it in a single year. Edan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 174 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Edan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 497 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Edan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 279 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Edan in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Edan 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 1,495 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.
Edan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Edan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1968
- Peak year (2009)
- 67
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
Currently ranks #3109 among boys.
1,495 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 67 births in a single year.
Edan popularity over time — girls
174 total births recorded since 1992 (Edan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Edan accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Edan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 497 births that decade — 33% of Edan's all-time total
Edan decade highlights
- Peak decade 497 births
- Runner-up 454 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Edan's strongest decade
497 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Edan by state
Where Edan concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 279 | 18.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 89 | 6.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 87 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 33 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 0.7% |
279 of 1,495 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.7% of nationwide
- Texas 6.0% of nationwide
- New York 5.8% of nationwide
- Florida 2.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1968–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.