Edder — #12754 US boys' name
358 babies named Edder in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Edder was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Edder in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Edder
The Social Security Administration has registered 358 babies named Edder between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Edder currently holds the #12754 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Edder performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Edder shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Edder in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Edder 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 358 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.
Edder at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Edder popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (1993)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #12754 among boys.
358 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 19 births in a single year.
Edder by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 115 births that decade — 32% of Edder's all-time total
Edder decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Edder's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Edder by state
Where Edder concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 75 | 20.9% |
75 of 358 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 20.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 20.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1983–2024 (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.