# Edgar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/edgar/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “rich”, “spear” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛdɡɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Eagar |
| US babies named this | 157,919 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 157,214 / 705 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 894, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir. Hairstyle named after Major League Baseball player Edgar Martínez.

## What it means

Edgar is grouped under rich and sword.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 25 | 4,038 |
| 1991 | 17 | 5,486 |
| 1992 | 15 | 6,102 |
| 1993 | 19 | 5,050 |
| 1994 | 12 | 7,242 |
| 1995 | 14 | 6,359 |
| 1996 | 9 | 9,021 |
| 1997 | 14 | 6,586 |
| 1998 | 10 | 8,788 |
| 1999 | 6 | 13,159 |
| 2001 | 10 | 9,585 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11,932 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17,246 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,800 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,539 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,468 | 243 |
| 2012 | 1,317 | 269 |
| 2013 | 1,210 | 286 |
| 2014 | 1,180 | 302 |
| 2015 | 1,114 | 317 |
| 2016 | 1,013 | 342 |
| 2017 | 940 | 356 |
| 2018 | 925 | 357 |
| 2019 | 812 | 386 |
| 2020 | 789 | 391 |
| 2021 | 758 | 412 |
| 2022 | 775 | 417 |
| 2023 | 714 | 436 |
| 2024 | 682 | 458 |
| 2025 | 617 | 486 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 767 |
| 2012 | 48 | 695 |
| 2013 | 33 | 882 |
| 2014 | 41 | 765 |
| 2015 | 47 | 702 |
| 2016 | 47 | 726 |
| 2017 | 41 | 794 |
| 2018 | 50 | 690 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | 33 | 878 |
| 2021 | 34 | 888 |
| 2022 | 36 | 862 |
| 2023 | 37 | 857 |
| 2024 | 35 | 898 |
| 2025 | 22 | 1,276 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Էդգար
- Bulgarian: Е́дгар
- Chinese: 埃德加
- Dutch: Edgar
- Estonian: Edgar
- French: Edgar
- Georgian: ედგარი
- German: Edgar
- Greek: Έντγκαρ
- Icelandic: Edgar
- Italian: Edgardo
- Korean: 에드거
- Latin: Edgarus
- Latvian: Edgars
- Norwegian: Edgar
- Polish: Edgar
- Portuguese: Édgar, Edgar, Edgardo
- Spanish: Edgardo, Édgar
- Swedish: Edgar

## People named Edgar

- Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
- Edgar Degas, French Impressionist artist (1834–1917)
- Edgar de Wahl, Estonian teacher and linguist (1867–1948)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer (1875–1950)
- J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement administrator (1895–1972)
- Edgar Douglas Adrian, English electrophysiologist (1889-1977)
- Edgar Wallace, British crime writer, journalist and playwright (1875–1932)
- Edgar Davids, Dutch association football player and manager
- Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut (1930-2016)
- Edgar Ætheling, disputed King of England
- Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist (1923–2003)
- Edgard Varèse, French composer (1883-1965)

## 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.