Eduardo — #374 US boys' name
109,465 babies named Eduardo in U.S. Social Security records since 1890, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to boys today.
29% of everyone ever named Eduardo was born in this single decade.
3,418 babies were named Eduardo in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eduardo
The Social Security Administration has registered 109,465 babies named Eduardo between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eduardo currently holds the #374 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 3,418 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eduardo performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 31,407 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Eduardo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 38,980 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Eduardo in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eduardo 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 109,465 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.
Eduardo at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Eduardo popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1890
- Peak year (2001)
- 3,418
- Annual births at peak — across 135 years of records
Currently ranks #374 among boys.
109,465 total births across 135 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 3,418 births in a single year.
Eduardo popularity over time — girls
433 total births recorded since 1960 (Eduardo as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Eduardo accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Eduardo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 31,407 births that decade — 29% of Eduardo's all-time total
Eduardo decade highlights
- Peak decade 31,407 births
- Runner-up 27,220 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Eduardo's strongest decade
31,407 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Eduardo by state
Where Eduardo concentrates geographically — total births since 1890
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 38,980 | 35.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 27,290 | 24.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 6,164 | 5.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 4,928 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 4,796 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 4,028 | 3.7% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 1,758 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 1,574 | 1.4% |
38,980 of 109,465 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 35.6% of nationwide
- Texas 24.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.6% of nationwide
- New York 4.5% of nationwide
- Florida 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 42 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 35.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Eduardo appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1890–2024 (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.