Edwar — #7859 US boys' name
297 babies named Edwar in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Edwar was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Edwar in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Edwar
The Social Security Administration has registered 297 babies named Edwar between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Edwar currently holds the #7859 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Edwar performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Edwar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Edwar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Edwar 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 297 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.
Edwar at a glance
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Current rank
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Edwar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2004)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #7859 among boys.
297 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 14 births in a single year.
Edwar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 106 births that decade — 36% of Edwar's all-time total
Edwar decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Edwar's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Edwar by state
Where Edwar concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.0% |
6 of 297 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1970–2024 (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.