Edgar
Edgar was given to 617 boys in 2025, #486 among boys’ names; 157,919 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 93,500 Americans named Edgar and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (59% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 20 and 46.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Edgar by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Edgar mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Edgar is “a male given name from Old English.” Its etymology gives the senses “rich” (ēad) and “spear” (gār).
From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir. Hairstyle named after Major League Baseball player Edgar Martínez.
/ˈɛdɡɚ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Edgar?
#486 among boys’ names, 2025
Edgar fell from #317 in 2015 to #486 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.58 to 0.36 per 1,000.
2,459 babies in 2005, the peak
Edgar peaked in 2005, when 2,459 babies were given it (2,454 boys, #168 among boys’ names). The 617 births of 2025 are 25% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 617 | #486 | 0.36 |
| 2024 | 682 | #458 | 0.40 |
| 2023 | 714 | #436 | 0.42 |
| 2022 | 775 | #417 | 0.44 |
| 2021 | 758 | #412 | 0.43 |
| 2020 | 789 | #391 | 0.46 |
| 2019 | 812 | #386 | 0.45 |
| 2018 | 925 | #357 | 0.51 |
| 2017 | 940 | #356 | 0.51 |
| 2016 | 1,013 | #342 | 0.53 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,114 | #317 | 0.58 |
| 2014 | 1,180 | #302 | 0.61 |
| 2013 | 1,210 | #286 | 0.64 |
| 2012 | 1,317 | #269 | 0.69 |
| 2011 | 1,468 | #243 | 0.77 |
| 2010 | 1,644 | #218 | 0.86 |
| 2009 | 1,908 | #201 | 1.0 |
| 2008 | 2,064 | #195 | 1.0 |
| 2007 | 2,420 | #168 | 1.2 |
| 2006 | 2,392 | #171 | 1.2 |
| 2005 | 2,454 | #168 | 1.2 |
| 2004 | 2,385 | #171 | 1.2 |
| 2003 | 2,320 | #172 | 1.2 |
| 2002 | 2,195 | #175 | 1.1 |
| 2001 | 2,376 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 2000 | 2,072 | #177 | 1.1 |
| 1999 | 2,036 | #173 | 1.1 |
| 1998 | 2,047 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1997 | 2,115 | #161 | 1.1 |
| 1996 | 2,359 | #148 | 1.2 |
| 1995 | 2,321 | #152 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | 2,393 | #147 | 1.2 |
| 1993 | 2,263 | #148 | 1.2 |
| 1992 | 2,207 | #148 | 1.1 |
| 1991 | 2,267 | #142 | 1.1 |
| 1990 | 2,207 | #143 | 1.1 |
| 1989 | 2,106 | #147 | 1.1 |
| 1988 | 1,616 | #173 | 0.84 |
| 1987 | 1,603 | #169 | 0.86 |
| 1986 | 1,020 | #230 | 0.55 |
| 1985 | 880 | #258 | 0.48 |
| 1984 | 834 | #258 | 0.46 |
| 1983 | 896 | #245 | 0.50 |
| 1982 | 832 | #262 | 0.46 |
| 1981 | 933 | #241 | 0.52 |
| 1980 | 888 | #252 | 0.50 |
| 1979 | 803 | #262 | 0.47 |
| 1978 | 689 | #282 | 0.42 |
| 1977 | 711 | #275 | 0.43 |
| 1976 | 665 | #283 | 0.42 |
| 1975 | 717 | #271 | 0.46 |
| 1974 | 652 | #285 | 0.41 |
| 1973 | 594 | #299 | 0.38 |
| 1972 | 634 | #291 | 0.39 |
| 1971 | 674 | #296 | 0.38 |
| 1970 | 666 | #303 | 0.36 |
| 1969 | 637 | #301 | 0.36 |
| 1968 | 596 | #308 | 0.34 |
| 1967 | 590 | #303 | 0.34 |
| 1966 | 581 | #309 | 0.33 |
| 1965 | 603 | #309 | 0.32 |
| 1964 | 721 | #292 | 0.36 |
| 1963 | 653 | #306 | 0.32 |
| 1962 | 693 | #296 | 0.33 |
| 1961 | 695 | #293 | 0.33 |
| 1960 | 716 | #294 | 0.34 |
| 1959 | 752 | #287 | 0.35 |
| 1958 | 751 | #280 | 0.35 |
| 1957 | 773 | #272 | 0.36 |
| 1956 | 851 | #247 | 0.40 |
| 1955 | 933 | #233 | 0.45 |
| 1954 | 913 | #234 | 0.45 |
| 1953 | 897 | #225 | 0.45 |
| 1952 | 889 | #224 | 0.46 |
| 1951 | 938 | #212 | 0.50 |
| 1950 | 937 | #209 | 0.52 |
| 1949 | 914 | #211 | 0.52 |
| 1948 | 975 | #201 | 0.56 |
| 1947 | 1,056 | #193 | 0.58 |
| 1946 | 909 | #193 | 0.56 |
| 1945 | 869 | #180 | 0.65 |
| 1944 | 976 | #172 | 0.72 |
| 1943 | 1,082 | #168 | 0.76 |
| 1942 | 1,049 | #164 | 0.76 |
| 1941 | 989 | #167 | 0.81 |
| 1940 | 985 | #164 | 0.85 |
| 1939 | 1,008 | #158 | 0.91 |
| 1938 | 1,030 | #157 | 0.93 |
| 1937 | 1,068 | #145 | 1.0 |
| 1936 | 1,068 | #143 | 1.0 |
| 1935 | 1,145 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1934 | 1,148 | #137 | 1.1 |
| 1933 | 1,183 | #135 | 1.2 |
| 1932 | 1,307 | #135 | 1.3 |
| 1931 | 1,377 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1930 | 1,526 | #119 | 1.4 |
| 1929 | 1,487 | #116 | 1.4 |
| 1928 | 1,600 | #114 | 1.4 |
| 1927 | 1,723 | #107 | 1.5 |
| 1926 | 1,677 | #109 | 1.5 |
| 1925 | 1,809 | #96 | 1.6 |
| 1924 | 1,878 | #96 | 1.7 |
| 1923 | 1,897 | #94 | 1.7 |
| 1922 | 1,923 | #93 | 1.8 |
| 1921 | 2,014 | #90 | 1.8 |
| 1920 | 2,029 | #89 | 1.9 |
| 1919 | 1,986 | #89 | 2.0 |
| 1918 | 2,085 | #89 | 2.1 |
| 1917 | 1,920 | #88 | 2.1 |
| 1916 | 1,874 | #88 | 2.1 |
| 1915 | 1,895 | #85 | 2.2 |
| 1914 | 1,361 | #87 | 2.1 |
| 1913 | 1,087 | #87 | 2.1 |
| 1912 | 945 | #85 | 2.2 |
| 1911 | 486 | #83 | 2.2 |
| 1910 | 441 | #80 | 2.3 |
| 1909 | 347 | #86 | 2.1 |
| 1908 | 360 | #76 | 2.3 |
| 1907 | 321 | #81 | 2.2 |
| 1906 | 301 | #79 | 2.3 |
| 1905 | 315 | #78 | 2.4 |
| 1904 | 299 | #80 | 2.3 |
| 1903 | 259 | #82 | 2.2 |
| 1902 | 307 | #76 | 2.5 |
| 1901 | 271 | #71 | 2.5 |
| 1900 | 374 | #71 | 2.5 |
| 1899 | 249 | #80 | 2.3 |
| 1898 | 285 | #72 | 2.3 |
| 1897 | 278 | #69 | 2.5 |
| 1896 | 306 | #68 | 2.6 |
| 1895 | 323 | #64 | 2.8 |
| 1894 | 313 | #64 | 2.7 |
| 1893 | 310 | #63 | 2.8 |
| 1892 | 303 | #67 | 2.5 |
| 1891 | 277 | #64 | 2.7 |
| 1890 | 338 | #61 | 3.0 |
| 1889 | 322 | #60 | 2.9 |
| 1888 | 321 | #65 | 2.7 |
| 1887 | 266 | #64 | 2.6 |
| 1886 | 309 | #61 | 2.8 |
| 1885 | 303 | #60 | 2.8 |
| 1884 | 290 | #64 | 2.5 |
| 1883 | 292 | #58 | 2.8 |
| 1882 | 308 | #58 | 2.7 |
| 1881 | 312 | #51 | 3.1 |
| 1880 | 283 | #61 | 2.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Edgar a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Edgar has been given almost only to boys: 705 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Edgar: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Edgar, and how old are they?
93,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 59% of the 157,919 Americans ever recorded as Edgar. The median Edgar alive today is 31 years old; half are between 20 and 46.
The 2020 Census counted 132,092 people named Edgar (274 women and girls, 131,818 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 95,315 born in the U.S. The Census count is 39% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 3,630 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 10,400 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 9,560 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 25,700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 32,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 11,400 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Edgar born?
The states with the most babies named Edgar are California, Texas and Arizona, with 51% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Arizona is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 150 | #249 | 2.2× |
| Texas | 112 | #337 | 1.9× |
| Arizona | 32 | #253 | 1.5× |
| New York | 23 | #646 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 22 | #711 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 19 | #520 | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 19 | #546 | 1.0× |
| Washington | 16 | #453 | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 15 | #497 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 13 | #689 | 1.1× |
Where Edgar is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Edgar is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 2.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Edgar with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 158,339 babies since 1880, Edgar is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 617 of their 617 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Edgar
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Edgar and names like it
- Compare Edgar and EdgerBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sEdgar peaked in 2005.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Edgar since 1910.
- Old English namesWiktionary’s origin for Edgar: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2005The year the most babies were named Edgar.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Edgar alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with EMost given first.