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The name Edgar is of Old English origin, and means spear of wealth. The table below indicates the number of times the name Edgar has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Edgar**
Use of the Name Edgar for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
129,749	62,330	45,015	22,160	11,300	4,664	2,354

The table below indicates the number of times the name Edgar has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Edgar**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	61	283	856	5
1881	51	312
1882	58	308
1883	58	293
1884	64	290
1885	60	303
1886	61	309
1887	64	266
1888	65	320
1889	60	322
1890	61	338
1891	64	277
1892	67	303
1893	63	311
1894	64	313
1895	64	323
1896	68	306
1897	69	278
1898	72	285
1899	80	249
1900	71	374
1901	71	271
1902	76	307
1903	82	259
1904	80	299
1905	78	315
1906	79	301
1907	81	320
1908	76	360
1909	86	347
1910	80	441
1911	83	485
1912	84	947
1913	87	1,086
1914	87	1,355
1915	85	1,896
1916	88	1,875
1917	88	1,922
1918	89	2,091
1919	89	1,983
1920	89	2,023
1921	90	2,022
1922	93	1,912
1923	94	1,901
1924	96	1,874
1925	96	1,810
1926	109	1,671
1927	106	1,728
1928	115	1,587
1929	115	1,488
1930	119	1,528
1931	124	1,368
1932	135	1,305
1933	135	1,181
1934	137	1,148
1935	138	1,143
1936	145	1,061
1937	143	1,071
1938	157	1,029
1939	158	1,006
1940	164	979
1941	167	982
1942	161	1,060
1943	168	1,072
1944	173	970
1945	180	866
1946	192	912
1947	194	1,047
1948	201	971
1949	212	914
1950	209	937
1951	212	931
1952	224	895
1953	223	899
1954	234	905
1955	233	930
1956	247	851
1957	271	774
1958	280	751
1959	287	749
1960	294	716
1961	295	688
1962	292	699
1963	307	651
1964	293	718
1965	310	600
1966	308	586
1967	302	590
1968	306	599
1969	301	635
1970	303	663
1971	295	673
1972	291	632
1973	298	596
1974	285	654
1975	271	711
1976	284	660
1977	275	706
1978	283	685
1979	264	798
1980	252	882
1981	240	932
1982	263	830
1983	245	896
1984	258	833
1985	256	883
1986	230	1,016
1987	170	1,594
1988	173	1,614
1989	147	2,092
1990	143	2,198
1991	142	2,256
1992	149	2,193
1993	148	2,254
1994	147	2,382
1995	152	2,318
1996	148	2,356
1997	161	2,111
1998	167	2,046
1999	174	2,029
2000	177	2,071
2001	160	2,372
2002	175	2,193
2003	171	2,310
2004	170	2,354
Totals:		129,749		5

During the last 125 years, parents have used Edgar as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.

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