How rare is the name Edmund?

23,553 people in the United States have the first name Edmund, about 1 in 12,823. It ranks #1,439 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EDMUND

#1,439

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,553
About
1 in 12,823
This common or more
74.7%
Who bears it

Of the 23,553 people named Edmund, 72.9% reported their origin as White, 8.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 8.8% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Edmund peaked in 1923, when 1,145 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1923
Births that year
1,145
In 2025*
199 ▼83%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 52,143 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.

Edmund by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #329. The largest share of babies named Edmund, 32.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#416708
1890s#478868
1900s#4781,151
1910s#3297,437
1920s#35710,240
1930s#4646,000
1940s#5475,807
1950s#6436,027
1960s#8284,335
1970s#1,1362,546
1980s#1,4501,975
1990s#2,2091,359
2000s#3,0571,127
2010s#2,6521,528
2020s#2,4641,035
Before 19013.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2732.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4521.3%
Baby boom 1946–6420.9%
Generation X 1965–809%
Millennials 1981–965.1%
Generation Z 1997–123.6%
2013 and later4.3%

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 Edmund is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Edmund has been most common in Massachusetts (3.9×), Rhode Island (3.8×), and Connecticut (2.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.07×).

43,695 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 Edmund

#1,437 Rebeca · 23,561#1,438 Harmony · 23,558#1,440 Fabiola · 23,548#1,441 Larissa · 23,539

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,079 Edmond · 13,062#3,656 Edmundo · 5,578

Also a last name

As a last name, Edmund ranks #25,376 of 156,621, with 1,021 people. See Edmund as a last name

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