Edd — boys' name
5,437 babies named Edd in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
19% of everyone ever named Edd was born in this single decade.
163 babies were named Edd in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Edd
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,437 babies named Edd between 1880 and 2006, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Edd currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 163 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Edd performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,034 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Edd shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 369 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Edd in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Edd 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 5,437 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.
Edd at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Edd popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1880
- Peak year (1919)
- 163
- Annual births at peak — across 127 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
5,437 total births across 127 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 163 births in a single year.
Edd popularity over time — girls
13 total births recorded since 1919 (Edd as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Edd accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Edd by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 1,034 births that decade — 19% of Edd's all-time total
Edd decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,034 births
- Runner-up 888 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Edd's strongest decade
1,034 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Edd by state
Where Edd concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 369 | 6.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 365 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 308 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 283 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 279 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 259 | 4.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 252 | 4.6% |
| #8 | Arkansas | | 82 | 1.5% |
369 of 5,437 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 6.8% of nationwide
- Texas 6.7% of nationwide
- Alabama 5.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.2% of nationwide
- Kentucky 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 6.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Edd appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2006 (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.