The name Ed is a diminutive form of Edward or Edwin.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Ed 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 Ed
Use of the Name Ed for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
25,109
6,299
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Ed has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Ed last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1972, the last year shown on the table.
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 Ed
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
55
310
1881
61
272
1882
54
337
1883
64
247
1884
60
314
1885
54
328
1886
63
303
1887
62
275
1888
68
301
1889
71
270
1890
70
262
1891
70
237
1892
66
306
1893
80
225
1894
81
241
1895
84
229
1896
81
246
1897
90
198
1898
89
228
1899
101
174
1900
87
297
1901
103
162
1902
109
175
1903
117
168
1904
114
184
1905
112
189
1906
138
149
1907
133
178
1908
157
152
1909
157
158
1910
140
228
1911
191
163
1912
228
229
1913
246
239
1914
255
286
1915
274
321
1916
317
273
1917
304
305
1918
304
333
1919
303
327
1920
331
309
1921
357
284
1922
343
296
1923
365
265
1924
364
272
1925
376
251
1926
341
287
1927
374
246
1928
369
249
1929
408
205
1930
373
232
1931
363
238
1932
342
259
1933
326
268
1934
336
262
1935
352
243
1936
340
257
1937
332
266
1938
341
265
1939
344
266
1940
362
251
1941
352
272
1942
357
284
1943
344
318
1944
341
307
1945
339
312
1946
319
404
1947
356
365
1948
403
284
1949
433
242
1950
533
162
1951
625
126
1952
601
137
1953
616
139
1954
568
168
1955
531
190
1956
464
263
1957
367
437
1958
300
628
1959
297
696
1960
310
640
1961
319
605
1962
327
574
1963
344
504
1964
377
440
1965
442
305
1966
501
229
1967
560
178
1968
582
169
1969
675
135
1970
727
128
1971
792
103
1972
922
75
Totals:
25,109
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Ed as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Ed appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 93 times during the last 125 years.