Baby name

Ed

Boy

Classic name

The high point came in 1959, with 696 births and the No. 297 spot that year. A lasting presence, with births recorded in 142 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

26,205births since 1880

1950sgeneration

No. 297rank at its peak, in 1959

Where babies named Ed are born

1959

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The darker the blue, the more common Ed is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Ed is most common in Mississippi (3.4 times), Alabama (2.8) and Arkansas (2.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Ted 75,160
Ned 17,292
Jed 8,945
Edd 5,438
Ved 1,954
Jd 1,419

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