Boys' name · since 1992

Edinson

Since 1992, U.S. Social Security records show 261 babies named Edinson, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#11,418 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,144 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
261
born since 1992
2010s
peak decade

261 babies have been named Edinson since 1992, making it today's #11144 boys' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edinson has been recorded 261 times among boys since 1992, currently ranked #11144 nationally and more common than 20% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.

  • #11,418 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #11,144 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 261 born since 1992
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edinson ranks #11,418 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,144 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 261 born since 1992, peaking in the 2010s.

#11,418 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,144 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
261
born since 1992
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%19.9%
Edinson vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Edinson's 261 recorded births place it above 74.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Edinson compares

261 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Edinson's all-time total is 29% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Edinson Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 261 369 358,536
Peak-year births 20 34 22,252

Edinson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Edinson splits its recorded history at 2014: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Edinson popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2015)
20
Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
0510152025 199219992006201120142017202020232025 6

Edinson by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (141 births, 54% of the file).

2010s was Edinson's strongest decade.

141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.

Edinson births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 141 births (54% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Edinson?
261 babies have been named Edinson since 1992. All-time, it sits at #11,418 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #11,144 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2015 with 20 births.
Where does Edinson sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edinson ranks #11,418 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,144 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Edinson most popular?
Edinson was most popular in the 2010s decade with 141 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Edinson been used?
Edinson has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 34 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Edinson?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Edison, Edin, Edith, Edilberto, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Edinson's data

  • Edinson's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (141 total births) through the 2020s (69) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Edinson: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1992–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Edinson draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.