Edmon — boys' name
1,200 babies named Edmon in U.S. Social Security records since 1887, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Edmon was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Edmon in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Edmon
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,200 babies named Edmon between 1887 and 2020, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Edmon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Edmon performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 269 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Edmon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Edmon in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Edmon 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 1,200 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.
Edmon at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Edmon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1887
- Peak year (1924)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 134 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
1,200 total births across 134 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 35 births in a single year.
Edmon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 269 births that decade — 22% of Edmon's all-time total
Edmon decade highlights
- Peak decade 269 births
- Runner-up 175 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Edmon's strongest decade
269 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Edmon by state
Where Edmon concentrates geographically — total births since 1887
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 23 | 1.9% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #3 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 0.4% |
23 of 1,200 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.9% of nationwide
- Alabama 0.4% of nationwide
- Arkansas 0.4% of nationwide
- Kentucky 0.4% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.9% 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, 1887–2020 (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.