Edson
Edson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 88 births. Its best rank was 645th, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 880.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2019121 births
- Best rank
- #645in 1887
- Since 1880
- 4,597people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,597 boys have been named Edson in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 121 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2000s alone account for 20%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Edson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 47 | |
| 1890s | 40 | |
| 1900s | 42 | |
| 1910s | 255 | |
| 1920s | 296 | |
| 1930s | 217 | |
| 1940s | 206 | |
| 1950s | 150 | |
| 1960s | 119 | |
| 1970s | 153 | |
| 1980s | 290 | |
| 1990s | 629 | |
| 2000s | 911 | |
| 2010s | 749 | |
| 2020s | 493 |
In 2019, its biggest year
Edson was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Edson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Simonpeak 2015
- Emanuelpeak 2007
- Abrahampeak 2016
- Samuelpeak 2001
- Solomonpeak 2016
- Hugopeak 2006
- Colemanpeak 1997
- Bentonpeak 2016
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.