Recorded 2002–2023 Boys' name Peak 2004 72 births

Edu — boys' name

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.

2000s572010s102020s5
2000s
Peak decade

79% of everyone ever named Edu was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

18 babies were named Edu in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Edu

The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Edu between 2002 and 2023, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Edu currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Edu performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Edu shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Edu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Edu 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 72 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.

Edu at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

72

Since 2002

22 years of records

Peak year

2004

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2002

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2023

Edu popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2002

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2004)
18
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
05101520 20232011200820072006200520042002 5

Edu by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
57 births that decade — 79% of Edu's all-time total
2000s572010s102020s5

Edu by state

Where Edu concentrates geographically — total births since 2002

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Edu
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
13 18.1%
California share of Edu's total US births 18.1%

13 of 72 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Edu?
72 babies have been named Edu since 2002. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2004 with 18 births.
When was Edu most popular?
Edu was most popular in the 2000s decade with 57 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Edu most popular?
The top states for the name Edu are California (13 births).
How long has the name Edu been used?
Edu has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 22 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Edu?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Eduardo, Eduard, Eduin, Eduar, and 3 more. 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, 2002–2023 (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.