How rare is the name Edison?

11,547 people in the United States have the first name Edison, about 1 in 26,157. It ranks #2,257 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EDISON

#2,257

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,547
About
1 in 26,157
This common or more
79.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,547 people named Edison, 40.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 29.9% as White and 17.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Edison peaked in 2018, when 554 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18912025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
554
In 2025*
276 ▼50%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 12,738 babies have been given the name since 1891. 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.

Edison by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,328. The largest share of babies named Edison, 42.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#2,00063
1900s#1,94999
1910s#1,363649
1920s#1,535771
1930s#1,828502
1940s#2,125470
1950s#2,300543
1960s#2,808434
1970s#3,776337
1980s#3,846421
1990s#3,747610
2000s#2,4241,568
2010s#1,3284,068
2020s#1,4622,203
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.9%
Silent Generation 1928–457.1%
Baby boom 1946–647.7%
Generation X 1965–804.3%
Millennials 1981–966.1%
Generation Z 1997–1220.8%
2013 and later42.5%

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 Edison is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Edison has been most common in New Mexico (3.1×), Arizona (2.6×), and Minnesota (2.3×), and least common in South Carolina (0.33×).

8,117 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 Edison

#2,255 Sky · 11,558#2,256 Ngoc · 11,554#2,258 Jamar · 11,527#2,259 Trang · 11,522

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,700 Edson · 5,491#17,205 Eddison · 645#23,940 Edisson · 406

Also a last name

As a last name, Edison ranks #8,336 of 156,621, with 3,804 people. See Edison as a last name

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