Edward Boy Name

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The name Edward is of Old English origin, and means guardian of wealth. The table below indicates the number of times the name Edward 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 Edward**
Use of the Name Edward for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
1,251,882	440,843	121,997	35,484	16,231	6,180	3,090

The table below indicates the number of times the name Edward 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 Edward**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	11	2,364	988	4
1881	10	2,177
1882	11	2,477	946	5
1883	11	2,250	766	7
1884	11	2,439	753	9
1885	11	2,220
1886	11	2,313	703	11
1887	10	2,125	703	11
1888	11	2,470	912	9
1889	10	2,300	765	12
1890	11	2,282	766	13
1891	11	1,989
1892	11	2,417
1893	9	2,310	973	10
1894	11	2,179	865	13
1895	10	2,202	903	13
1896	9	2,297
1897	9	2,121
1898	9	2,337
1899	9	1,901
1900	9	2,726
1901	9	1,917
1902	9	2,294
1903	9	2,268
1904	9	2,334
1905	9	2,365
1906	9	2,396
1907	9	2,576
1908	9	2,705
1909	9	2,929
1910	9	3,403
1911	9	4,156
1912	8	7,929	982	27
1913	8	9,469	811	42
1914	8	12,313	852	48
1915	8	15,887	908	53
1916	8	17,024
1917	8	17,501	880	62
1918	8	19,519	909	62
1919	8	18,526	871	65
1920	8	20,098	910	64
1921	8	20,788	825	80
1922	8	20,439	755	94
1923	8	20,591	830	78
1924	9	21,124	755	97
1925	9	20,042	710	108
1926	10	19,387	686	114
1927	10	19,099	685	112
1928	10	18,453	600	137
1929	10	17,202	601	130
1930	10	17,284	678	102
1931	11	15,619	665	100
1932	11	15,168	722	87
1933	11	13,749	866	60
1934	13	13,919	842	66
1935	13	13,818	824	69
1936	13	14,170	839	65
1937	13	14,901	912	57
1938	13	14,543	944	57
1939	15	14,436	990	51
1940	16	14,419
1941	17	15,539
1942	17	17,461	955	67
1943	18	17,634
1944	18	16,445
1945	18	15,860
1946	19	18,485
1947	19	20,500
1948	19	18,891
1949	21	19,104
1950	22	18,715
1951	23	19,807
1952	23	19,516
1953	23	18,960
1954	22	19,466
1955	25	19,239
1956	25	19,395
1957	25	18,692
1958	28	17,341
1959	27	16,921
1960	26	16,574
1961	29	15,865
1962	29	15,514
1963	27	15,313
1964	27	15,585
1965	29	14,395
1966	30	13,268
1967	31	12,665
1968	31	12,265
1969	32	12,465
1970	31	12,277
1971	32	11,043
1972	34	9,287
1973	39	8,352
1974	40	7,813
1975	41	7,366
1976	44	7,048
1977	47	6,839
1978	47	6,458
1979	48	6,866
1980	52	6,751
1981	51	6,641
1982	53	6,270
1983	55	5,993
1984	58	5,903
1985	59	5,844
1986	60	5,770
1987	61	5,898
1988	62	5,780
1989	62	5,849
1990	68	5,730
1991	68	5,563
1992	70	5,221
1993	78	4,777
1994	84	4,523
1995	88	4,130
1996	95	4,073
1997	100	3,905
1998	106	3,562
1999	103	3,583
2000	108	3,470
2001	113	3,360
2002	121	3,221
2003	130	3,090
2004	129	3,090
Totals:		1,251,882		2,271

During the last 125 years, parents have used Edward 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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