Boys' name · since 2002
Edu
72 babies named Edu in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,622 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 72
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Edu is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 72 have been recorded since 2002.
Edu has 72 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2023.
- #19,622 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 72 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edu ranks #19,622 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 72 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,622 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 72
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Edu's 72 recorded births place it above 56.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Edu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Edu's full recorded timeline at 2007, 39% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 61% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Edu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2023
- Peak year (2004)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Edu by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (57 births, 79% of the file).
2000s was Edu's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Edu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
57 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 57 births (79% of all-time use).
Edu by state
Where Edu concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 18.1% |
13 of 72 births nationwide.
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What to do with Edu's data
- Edu's decade-level peak was the 2000s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Edus (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Edu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
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, 2002–2023 (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 Edu 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.