How rare is the name Edgar?

132,092 people in the United States have the first name Edgar, about 1 in 2,287. It ranks #428 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EDGAR

#428

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
132,092
About
1 in 2,287
This common or more
55.6%
Who bears it

Of the 132,092 people named Edgar, 77.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 15.4% as White and 3.7% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Edgar peaked in 2005, when 2,459 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
2,459
In 2025*
617 ▼75%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 157,919 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Edgar by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #159. The largest share of babies named Edgar, 21.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1593,011
1890s#2122,992
1900s#2473,154
1910s#20814,157
1920s#24618,159
1930s#30611,937
1940s#3979,810
1950s#5398,639
1960s#6586,531
1970s#6296,865
1980s#44111,730
1990s#29822,356
2000s#32722,615
2010s#57911,628
2020s#8794,335
Before 19014%
Greatest Generation 1901–2720.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4513.3%
Baby boom 1946–6410.1%
Generation X 1965–806.8%
Millennials 1981–9617.1%
Generation Z 1997–1221.1%
2013 and later7.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Edgar is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Edgar has been most common in California (2.1×), Texas (1.9×), and Nevada (1.7×), and least common in Vermont (0.2×).

144,929 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Edgar

#426 Jake · 132,610#427 Dean · 132,116#429 Lois · 131,667#430 Raul · 131,547

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Edgar, most common first.

#6,329 Edgard · 2,549#15,392 Edger · 748

Also a last name

As a last name, Edgar ranks #3,112 of 156,621, with 11,278 people. See Edgar as a last name

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