# Ed (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ed/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 26,370 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 26,205 / 165 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 123, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 10 | 2,942 |
| 1918 | 14 | 2,414 |
| 1919 | 7 | 3,944 |
| 1920 | 8 | 3,707 |
| 1921 | 12 | 2,818 |
| 1922 | 14 | 2,521 |
| 1923 | 12 | 2,773 |
| 1924 | 6 | 4,620 |
| 1925 | 8 | 3,768 |
| 1926 | 5 | 5,045 |
| 1927 | 8 | 3,631 |
| 1928 | 6 | 4,325 |
| 1929 | 10 | 2,984 |
| 1930 | 13 | 2,457 |
| 1932 | 6 | 4,029 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 12 | 6,753 |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,492 |
| 2009 | 15 | 5,888 |
| 2010 | 14 | 6,133 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8,260 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,946 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,108 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8,973 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,078 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9,979 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,263 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,390 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,052 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,741 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,508 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 7 | 1,962 |
| 2004 | 8 | 1,878 |
| 2005 | 8 | 1,991 |
| 2006 | 10 | 1,744 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 10 | 1,981 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |

## People named Ed

- Ed Harris, American actor and director (born 1950)
- Ed White, American astronaut (1930-1967)
- Ed Gein, American murderer and human trophy collector (1906–1983)
- Ed Sullivan, American television host (1901-1974)
- Ed Begley, American actor (1901–1970)
- Ed Helms, American actor and comedian
- Ed Bradley, American journalist (1941–2006)
- Ed Markey, American politician (born 1946)
- Ed Skrein, English actor and rapper
- Ed Wynn, American actor (1886-1966)
- Ed de Goey, Dutch footballer (born 1966)
- Ed O'Ross, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.