# Edd (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/edd/  
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 | 5,451 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,438 / 13 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 6 | 4,400 |
| 1930 | 7 | 3,761 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 6 | 5,333 |
| 1978 | 6 | 5,264 |
| 1979 | 13 | 3,220 |
| 1980 | 9 | 4,241 |
| 1981 | 9 | 4,258 |
| 1982 | 12 | 3,539 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,532 |
| 1984 | 11 | 3,774 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,838 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,036 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,618 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,504 |
| 2002 | 7 | 8,715 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,470 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,568 |

## People named Edd

- Edd China, British motor specialist
- Edd Roush, American baseball player and coach (1893-1988)
- Edd Gould, British animator (1988-2012)

## 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.