Recorded 1914–2017 Boys' name Peak 1923 41 births

Edo — boys' name

41 babies named Edo in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s61920s141990s52000s112010s5
1920s
Peak decade

34% of everyone ever named Edo was born in this single decade.

1923
Single peak year

8 babies were named Edo in 1923 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Edo

The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Edo between 1914 and 2017, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Edo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Edo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Edo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Edo 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 41 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.

Edo at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

41

Since 1914

104 years of records

Peak year

1923

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1914

Recorded for 104 years

Last year on file: 2017

Edo popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1914

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (1923)
8
Annual births at peak — across 104 years of records
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Edo by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
14 births that decade — 34% of Edo's all-time total
1910s61920s141990s52000s112010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Edo?
41 babies have been named Edo since 1914. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 1923 with 8 births.
When was Edo most popular?
Edo was most popular in the 1920s decade with 14 total births. The single peak year was 1923.
How long has the name Edo been used?
Edo has been recorded in Social Security data since 1914, spanning 104 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Edo?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Edouard, Edoardo, Edon, Edonis. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1914–2017 (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.