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Edward
Pronounced /ˈɛdwəd/
Rank in 2024
#228
Born in 2024
1,584
Peak year
1924 · #9
Origin
Old English
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,584 boys were named Edward, about 1 in every 1,083.
- It peaked in 1924 with 21,126 babies, ranked #9.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 1,301,987 boys have been named Edward since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Edward per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 18.5Greatest1901–27
- 13.6Silent1928–45
- 9.2Boomers1946–64
- 5.7Gen X1965–80
- 2.9Millennials1981–96
- 1.6Gen Z1997–12
- 1.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 309,151 babies, 18.49 per 1,000. Silent: 281,079 babies, 13.61 per 1,000. Boomers: 344,518 babies, 9.18 per 1,000. Gen X: 155,268 babies, 5.71 per 1,000. Millennials: 88,147 babies, 2.90 per 1,000. Gen Z: 50,087 babies, 1.60 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 25,851 babies, 1.19 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Edward, from Old English Ēadweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu, from Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz, corresponding to ed (“wealth, riches”) + ward (“ward, guard”), doublet of Eduard.
- A male given name from Old English.
- Origin
- Old English
- Say it
- /ˈɛdwəd/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Edward, CC BY-SA 4.0.