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Edmund
Pronounced /ˈɛdmənd/
Rank in 2024
#1,182
Born in 2024
175
Peak year
1923 · #143
Origin
Old English
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 175 boys were named Edmund, about 1 in every 9,802.
- It peaked in 1923 with 1,145 babies, ranked #143.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 51,883 boys have been named Edmund since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Edmund per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.0Greatest1901–27
- 0.5Silent1928–45
- 0.3Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 16,944 babies, 1.01 per 1,000. Silent: 11,110 babies, 0.54 per 1,000. Boomers: 10,917 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,687 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,675 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,864 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,016 babies, 0.09 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Old English Ēadmund, from ēad (“prosperity”) + mund (“protection”). Doublet of Eamon.
- A male given name from Old English, borne by early English kings and saints.
- Origin
- Old English
- Say it
- /ˈɛdmənd/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Edmund, CC BY-SA 4.0.