Boys' name · since 1968
Edwrd
Edwrd has 15 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1968 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,312 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Edwrd is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 15 have been recorded since 1968.
Edwrd has 15 recorded births among boys since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1985.
- #31,312 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 15 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edwrd ranks #31,312 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #31,312 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Edwrd's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Edwrd's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Edwrd's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded.
Edwrd popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1985
- Peak year (1968)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Edwrd by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1980s was Edwrd's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Edwrd births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Edwrd: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1968–1985 (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 Edwrd 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.