Edson
Edson was given to 94 boys in 2025, #1,735 among boys’ names; 4,692 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,550 Americans named Edson and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 10 and 33.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Edson by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Edson mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Edson is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
From Ed + -son; originally given to the son of a man named Ed.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Edson?
#1,735 among boys’ names, 2025
Edson rose from #2,495 in 2015 to #1,735 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 26.1 to 55.0 per million.
121 babies in 2019, the peak
Edson peaked in 2019, when 121 boys were given it, #1,443 among boys’ names. The 94 births of 2025 are 78% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #1,735 | 55.0 |
| 2024 | 89 | #1,825 | 51.7 |
| 2023 | 116 | #1,519 | 67.8 |
| 2022 | 118 | #1,525 | 67.6 |
| 2021 | 83 | #1,855 | 47.4 |
| 2020 | 88 | #1,751 | 51.0 |
| 2019 | 121 | #1,443 | 67.4 |
| 2018 | 86 | #1,779 | 47.4 |
| 2017 | 88 | #1,750 | 47.5 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,311 | 30.0 |
Every recorded year (133)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 50 | #2,495 | 26.1 |
| 2014 | 56 | #2,320 | 29.2 |
| 2013 | 71 | #1,943 | 37.5 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,186 | 31.6 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,041 | 34.8 |
| 2010 | 94 | #1,658 | 49.0 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,015 | 34.8 |
| 2008 | 91 | #1,680 | 44.6 |
| 2007 | 89 | #1,704 | 42.9 |
| 2006 | 111 | #1,414 | 54.0 |
| 2005 | 92 | #1,535 | 46.1 |
| 2004 | 81 | #1,607 | 40.8 |
| 2003 | 81 | #1,565 | 41.0 |
| 2002 | 110 | #1,235 | 56.7 |
| 2001 | 94 | #1,356 | 48.4 |
| 2000 | 93 | #1,361 | 47.4 |
| 1999 | 66 | #1,625 | 34.4 |
| 1998 | 89 | #1,339 | 46.6 |
| 1997 | 91 | #1,264 | 48.3 |
| 1996 | 69 | #1,464 | 36.4 |
| 1995 | 62 | #1,528 | 32.6 |
| 1994 | 49 | #1,779 | 25.4 |
| 1993 | 61 | #1,511 | 31.1 |
| 1992 | 49 | #1,732 | 24.5 |
| 1991 | 41 | #1,896 | 20.3 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,591 | 25.3 |
| 1989 | 45 | #1,708 | 22.5 |
| 1988 | 32 | #2,002 | 16.7 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,180 | 14.5 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,698 | 20.1 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,245 | 13.0 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,248 | 12.7 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,227 | 12.8 |
| 1982 | 40 | #1,548 | 22.0 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,364 | 11.7 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,646 | 10.1 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,181 | 13.4 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,706 | 9.7 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,291 | 12.2 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,445 | 11.5 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,503 | 6.4 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,848 | 8.3 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,753 | 8.3 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,416 | 5.6 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,719 | 7.4 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,149 | 9.7 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,920 | 5.6 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,988 | 9.2 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,838 | 5.0 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,644 | 3.2 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,453 | 6.0 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,984 | 8.4 |
| 1962 | 20 | #1,824 | 9.7 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,087 | 7.5 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,348 | 6.1 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,571 | 5.2 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,119 | 7.1 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,412 | 5.6 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,900 | 8.5 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,990 | 7.8 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,140 | 6.9 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,122 | 7.1 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,174 | 3.6 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,434 | 14.3 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,900 | 8.9 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,517 | 13.5 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,836 | 9.7 |
| 1947 | 22 | #1,615 | 12.0 |
| 1946 | 21 | #1,569 | 12.9 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,422 | 16.3 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,263 | 20.5 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,437 | 16.8 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,975 | 10.1 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,425 | 18.7 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,218 | 9.5 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,504 | 18.1 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,492 | 18.9 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,350 | 23.4 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,429 | 21.2 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,504 | 20.2 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,522 | 20.3 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,787 | 16.1 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,521 | 21.1 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,600 | 19.2 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,345 | 26.4 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,392 | 25.1 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,487 | 22.6 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,417 | 24.8 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,485 | 22.5 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,466 | 23.3 |
| 1924 | 30 | #1,362 | 26.5 |
| 1923 | 35 | #1,220 | 31.9 |
| 1922 | 35 | #1,228 | 32.2 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,237 | 31.8 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,335 | 28.2 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,253 | 32.6 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,352 | 27.6 |
| 1917 | 48 | #924 | 51.9 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,218 | 33.7 |
| 1915 | 36 | #1,072 | 42.4 |
| 1914 | 31 | #1,006 | 47.3 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,055 | 44.9 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,192 | 37.2 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,063 | 48.7 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,515 | 30.5 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,041 | 51.8 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,020 | 54.5 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,039 | 52.6 |
| 1904 | 8 | #907 | 62.4 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,206 | 39.9 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,174 | 40.8 |
| 1896 | 8 | #841 | 66.9 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,008 | 51.1 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,129 | 43.2 |
| 1892 | 10 | #702 | 81.9 |
| 1891 | 6 | #873 | 59.3 |
| 1888 | 7 | #842 | 57.9 |
| 1887 | 9 | #645 | 88.7 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,011 | 43.7 |
| 1883 | 8 | #692 | 76.5 |
| 1882 | 5 | #973 | 44.0 |
| 1881 | 7 | #725 | 69.5 |
| 1880 | 6 | #846 | 54.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Edson a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Edson has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 133 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Edson: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Edson, and how old are they?
3,550 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 4,692 Americans ever recorded as Edson. The median Edson alive today is 22 years old; half are between 10 and 33.
The 2020 Census counted 5,491 people named Edson (14 women and girls, 5,477 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,108 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times 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 | 74 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 202 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 189 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 625 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,350 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,110 |
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 Edson born?
The states with the most babies named Edson are California, Texas and Florida, with 88% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 16 | #1,213 | 1.8× |
| Texas | 16 | #1,263 | 1.4× |
| Florida | 5 | #1,914 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,403 | 0.3× |
Where Edson is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Edson is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.8 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 Edson 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 5 names spelled alike, given to 18,112 babies since 1880, Edson is the second most given (26% of them). In 2025 it was given to 94 of their 400 babies (24%), again the second 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 Edson
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 Edson and names like it
- Compare Edson and EdisonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sEdson peaked in 2019.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Edson since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Edson: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2019The year the most babies were named Edson.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Edson alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with EMost given first.