Edmund
Edmund was given to 199 boys in 2025, #1,082 among boys’ names; 52,143 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 19,800 Americans named Edmund and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (38% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 36 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Edmund by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Edmund mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Edmund is “a male given name from Old English, borne by early English kings and saints.” Its etymology gives the senses “prosperity” (ēad) and “protection” (mund).
From Old English Ēadmund, from ēad (“prosperity”) + mund (“protection”). Doublet of Eamon.
/ˈɛdmənd/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Edmund?
#1,082 among boys’ names, 2025
Edmund rose from #1,113 in 2015 to #1,082 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.09 to 0.12 per 1,000.
1,145 babies in 1923, the peak
Edmund peaked in 1923, when 1,145 boys were given it, #143 among boys’ names. The 199 births of 2025 are 17% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 199 | #1,082 | 0.12 |
| 2024 | 178 | #1,170 | 0.10 |
| 2023 | 194 | #1,099 | 0.11 |
| 2022 | 168 | #1,191 | 0.10 |
| 2021 | 174 | #1,152 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 122 | #1,417 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 160 | #1,194 | 0.09 |
| 2018 | 168 | #1,145 | 0.09 |
| 2017 | 163 | #1,157 | 0.09 |
| 2016 | 192 | #1,035 | 0.10 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 173 | #1,113 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 176 | #1,089 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 152 | #1,182 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 138 | #1,276 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 111 | #1,471 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 95 | #1,647 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 125 | #1,371 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 118 | #1,425 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 99 | #1,584 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 97 | #1,538 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 103 | #1,431 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 118 | #1,273 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 117 | #1,234 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 113 | #1,213 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 115 | #1,184 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 122 | #1,136 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 127 | #1,067 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 119 | #1,086 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 147 | #922 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 128 | #979 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 116 | #1,032 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 143 | #910 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 132 | #936 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 145 | #875 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 147 | #863 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 155 | #815 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 159 | #784 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 162 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1987 | 189 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1986 | 194 | #643 | 0.11 |
| 1985 | 174 | #673 | 0.09 |
| 1984 | 172 | #658 | 0.10 |
| 1983 | 180 | #638 | 0.10 |
| 1982 | 225 | #573 | 0.12 |
| 1981 | 251 | #530 | 0.14 |
| 1980 | 269 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1979 | 320 | #454 | 0.19 |
| 1978 | 271 | #489 | 0.17 |
| 1977 | 271 | #493 | 0.16 |
| 1976 | 198 | #578 | 0.13 |
| 1975 | 209 | #560 | 0.13 |
| 1974 | 223 | #536 | 0.14 |
| 1973 | 221 | #528 | 0.14 |
| 1972 | 245 | #503 | 0.15 |
| 1971 | 285 | #479 | 0.16 |
| 1970 | 298 | #469 | 0.16 |
| 1969 | 332 | #434 | 0.19 |
| 1968 | 350 | #412 | 0.20 |
| 1967 | 369 | #398 | 0.21 |
| 1966 | 394 | #385 | 0.22 |
| 1965 | 432 | #372 | 0.23 |
| 1964 | 484 | #356 | 0.24 |
| 1963 | 473 | #358 | 0.23 |
| 1962 | 469 | #372 | 0.23 |
| 1961 | 523 | #346 | 0.25 |
| 1960 | 509 | #345 | 0.24 |
| 1959 | 532 | #336 | 0.25 |
| 1958 | 573 | #321 | 0.27 |
| 1957 | 662 | #287 | 0.31 |
| 1956 | 591 | #306 | 0.28 |
| 1955 | 604 | #295 | 0.29 |
| 1954 | 607 | #288 | 0.30 |
| 1953 | 621 | #281 | 0.31 |
| 1952 | 659 | #267 | 0.34 |
| 1951 | 625 | #270 | 0.33 |
| 1950 | 553 | #287 | 0.31 |
| 1949 | 586 | #280 | 0.33 |
| 1948 | 576 | #280 | 0.33 |
| 1947 | 633 | #268 | 0.35 |
| 1946 | 637 | #243 | 0.39 |
| 1945 | 478 | #274 | 0.36 |
| 1944 | 555 | #243 | 0.41 |
| 1943 | 666 | #219 | 0.47 |
| 1942 | 602 | #231 | 0.44 |
| 1941 | 576 | #224 | 0.47 |
| 1940 | 498 | #242 | 0.43 |
| 1939 | 467 | #247 | 0.42 |
| 1938 | 513 | #234 | 0.46 |
| 1937 | 523 | #226 | 0.49 |
| 1936 | 554 | #212 | 0.53 |
| 1935 | 564 | #212 | 0.54 |
| 1934 | 600 | #206 | 0.58 |
| 1933 | 567 | #207 | 0.57 |
| 1932 | 691 | #190 | 0.66 |
| 1931 | 708 | #184 | 0.68 |
| 1930 | 808 | #177 | 0.74 |
| 1929 | 829 | #171 | 0.77 |
| 1928 | 911 | #163 | 0.82 |
| 1927 | 929 | #160 | 0.82 |
| 1926 | 1,012 | #156 | 0.91 |
| 1925 | 1,042 | #152 | 0.93 |
| 1924 | 1,115 | #148 | 1.0 |
| 1923 | 1,145 | #143 | 1.0 |
| 1922 | 1,014 | #153 | 0.93 |
| 1921 | 1,104 | #142 | 1.0 |
| 1920 | 1,104 | #138 | 1.0 |
| 1919 | 1,007 | #144 | 1.0 |
| 1918 | 1,099 | #140 | 1.1 |
| 1917 | 1,045 | #135 | 1.1 |
| 1916 | 1,032 | #134 | 1.2 |
| 1915 | 961 | #136 | 1.1 |
| 1914 | 792 | #130 | 1.2 |
| 1913 | 599 | #131 | 1.2 |
| 1912 | 452 | #143 | 1.1 |
| 1911 | 235 | #142 | 1.0 |
| 1910 | 200 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1909 | 147 | #167 | 0.90 |
| 1908 | 141 | #164 | 0.91 |
| 1907 | 129 | #167 | 0.88 |
| 1906 | 122 | #162 | 0.92 |
| 1905 | 108 | #176 | 0.82 |
| 1904 | 109 | #168 | 0.85 |
| 1903 | 102 | #166 | 0.86 |
| 1902 | 104 | #167 | 0.85 |
| 1901 | 95 | #161 | 0.89 |
| 1900 | 94 | #202 | 0.62 |
| 1899 | 87 | #168 | 0.82 |
| 1898 | 101 | #163 | 0.82 |
| 1897 | 96 | #163 | 0.85 |
| 1896 | 110 | #151 | 0.92 |
| 1895 | 90 | #176 | 0.77 |
| 1894 | 96 | #160 | 0.83 |
| 1893 | 80 | #183 | 0.71 |
| 1892 | 93 | #170 | 0.76 |
| 1891 | 61 | #202 | 0.60 |
| 1890 | 54 | #225 | 0.49 |
| 1889 | 89 | #155 | 0.80 |
| 1888 | 76 | #197 | 0.63 |
| 1887 | 61 | #197 | 0.60 |
| 1886 | 80 | #173 | 0.72 |
| 1885 | 68 | #193 | 0.63 |
| 1884 | 72 | #191 | 0.63 |
| 1883 | 63 | #187 | 0.60 |
| 1882 | 71 | #186 | 0.62 |
| 1881 | 61 | #187 | 0.61 |
| 1880 | 67 | #187 | 0.61 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Edmund a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Edmund has been given almost only to boys: 60 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Edmund: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Edmund, and how old are they?
19,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 38% of the 52,143 Americans ever recorded as Edmund. The median Edmund alive today is 59 years old; half are between 36 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 23,553 people named Edmund (26 women and girls, 23,527 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 21,895 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,950 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,130 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 4,110 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,530 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,830 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,200 |
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 Edmund born?
The states with the most babies named Edmund are New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, with 36% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7,073 | #1,332 | 1.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 4,454 | #1,289 | 1.3× |
| Massachusetts | 4,269 | #523 | 2.7× |
| Illinois | 3,554 | #1,345 | 1.3× |
| California | 3,282 | #1,621 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 2,506 | #578 | 1.3× |
| New Jersey | 2,466 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Ohio | 1,986 | #765 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 1,593 | #1,685 | 0.5× |
| Connecticut | 1,415 | not ranked | 2.1× |
Where Edmund is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Edmund is most over-represented in Massachusetts: since 1910 it was given 2.7 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 Edmund 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 77,043 babies since 1880, Edmund is the most given (68% of them). In 2025 it was given to 199 of their 274 babies (73%), 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 Edmund
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 Edmund and names like it
- Compare Edmund and EdmondBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sEdmund peaked in 1923.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Edmund since 1910.
- Old English namesWiktionary’s origin for Edmund: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1923The year the most babies were named Edmund.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Edmund alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.