Edgar
Edgar is ranked 457th among boys in 2024 (679 births). Its best rank was 51st, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- #457down 21 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6790.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 20052,453 births
- Best rank
- #51in 1881
- Since 1880
- 156,585people given the name
The story in the numbers
156,585 boys have been named Edgar in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2005, with 2,453 births — 0.12% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 302 → 457).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 2000s alone account for 14%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 46 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Edgar | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,006 | |
| 1890s | 2,982 | |
| 1900s | 3,154 | |
| 1910s | 14,080 | |
| 1920s | 18,037 | |
| 1930s | 11,860 | |
| 1940s | 9,804 | |
| 1950s | 8,634 | |
| 1960s | 6,484 | |
| 1970s | 6,804 | |
| 1980s | 11,607 | |
| 1990s | 22,212 | |
| 2000s | 22,585 | |
| 2010s | 11,622 | |
| 2020s | 3,714 |
In 2005, its biggest year
Edgar was the 168th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2005 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2005.
Names that rose and fell with Edgar
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Harleypeak 1994
- Anguspeak 2006
- Reubenpeak 1920
- Baxterpeak 2014
- Williamspeak 1950
- Juliuspeak 1918
- Ulyssespeak 1999
- Mosespeak 2016
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.