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Edgar

Pronounced /ˈɛdɡɚ/

Rank in 2024
#460
Born in 2024
679
Peak year
2005 · #168
Origin
Old English

1880 to 2024

Cooling
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 679 boys were named Edgar, about 1 in every 2,526.
  • It peaked in 2005 with 2,453 babies, ranked #168.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 156,585 boys have been named Edgar since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Edgar per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 1.9
    Greatest
  2. 1.0
    Silent
  3. 0.4
    Boomers
  4. 0.4
    Gen X
  5. 0.9
    Millennials
  6. 1.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.5
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 31,810 babies, 1.90 per 1,000. Silent: 20,897 babies, 1.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 15,965 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Gen X: 10,699 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Millennials: 26,733 babies, 0.88 per 1,000. Gen Z: 33,212 babies, 1.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10,907 babies, 0.50 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir. Hairstyle named after Major League Baseball player Edgar Martínez.

  • A male given name from Old English.
Origin
Old English
Say it
/ˈɛdɡɚ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Edgar, CC BY-SA 4.0.