# Edison (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/edison/  
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 | 12,738 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,522 / 216 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,591, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 13,888 |
| 2011 | 12 | 9,314 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,778 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,482 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,361 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,343 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,594 |
| 2017 | 14 | 7,967 |
| 2018 | 32 | 4,378 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,249 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,715 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5,803 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,160 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,153 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,508 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 292 | 769 |
| 2012 | 304 | 752 |
| 2013 | 366 | 661 |
| 2014 | 361 | 693 |
| 2015 | 420 | 635 |
| 2016 | 481 | 576 |
| 2017 | 495 | 555 |
| 2018 | 522 | 538 |
| 2019 | 466 | 594 |
| 2020 | 458 | 599 |
| 2021 | 452 | 616 |
| 2022 | 347 | 742 |
| 2023 | 297 | 823 |
| 2024 | 302 | 827 |
| 2025 | 276 | 870 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 1,087 |
| 2012 | 46 | 719 |
| 2013 | 65 | 555 |
| 2014 | 56 | 616 |
| 2015 | 93 | 438 |
| 2016 | 105 | 406 |
| 2017 | 108 | 403 |
| 2018 | 122 | 371 |
| 2019 | 150 | 314 |
| 2020 | 139 | 331 |
| 2021 | 126 | 356 |
| 2022 | 108 | 391 |
| 2023 | 99 | 403 |
| 2024 | 69 | 552 |
| 2025 | 76 | 507 |

## People named Edison

- Édison Méndez, Ecuadorian footballer
- Edison Miranda, Colombian boxer
- Edison Pettit, American astronomer (1889–1962)
- Edison Lobão, Brazilian politician
- Edison Luiz dos Santos, Brazilian association football player
- Edison Marshall, American writer (1894-1967)
- Edison Toloza, Colombian footballer

## 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.