Ed is an established boys' name that peaked in 1959 and has since faded.
Ed is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Ed was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1959 (696 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,508 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,741 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,052 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,390 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,263 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,979 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,078 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,973 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,108 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,946 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,260 |
| 2010 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,133 |
| 2009 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,888 |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,492 |
| 2007 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,753 |
| 2006 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,579 |
| 2005 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,338 |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,322 |
| 2003 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,018 |
| 2002 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,078 |
| 2001 | 21 | 21 | — | #3,881 |
| 2000 | 19 | 24 | — | #4,102 |
| 1999 | 22 | 22 | — | #3,509 |
| 1998 | 16 | 16 | — | #4,265 |
| 1997 | 21 | — | — | #3,380 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | — | #7,361 |
| 1995 | 24 | — | — | #2,952 |
| 1994 | 22 | — | — | #3,143 |
| 1993 | 21 | — | — | #3,176 |
| 1992 | 26 | — | — | #2,695 |
| 1991 | 21 | — | — | #3,030 |
| 1990 | 24 | — | — | #2,720 |
| 1989 | 23 | — | — | #2,716 |
| 1988 | 23 | — | — | #2,538 |
| 1987 | 28 | — | — | #2,134 |
| 1986 | 33 | — | — | #1,851 |
| 1985 | 28 | — | — | #2,033 |
| 1984 | 34 | — | — | #1,703 |
| 1983 | 33 | — | — | #1,722 |
| 1982 | 35 | — | — | #1,681 |
| 1981 | 37 | — | — | #1,611 |
| 1980 | 40 | — | — | #1,528 |
| 1979 | 37 | — | — | #1,579 |
| 1978 | 31 | — | — | #1,733 |
| 1977 | 29 | — | — | #1,797 |
| 1976 | 38 | — | — | #1,458 |
| 1975 | 46 | — | — | #1,263 |
| 1974 | 58 | — | — | #1,087 |
| 1973 | 64 | — | — | #1,008 |
| 1972 | 75 | — | — | #923 |
| 1971 | 103 | — | — | #791 |
| 1970 | 127 | — | — | #730 |
| 1969 | 135 | — | — | #677 |
| 1968 | 170 | — | — | #580 |
| 1967 | 177 | — | — | #565 |
| 1966 | 228 | — | — | #501 |
| 1965 | 307 | — | — | #441 |
| 1964 | 437 | — | — | #379 |
| 1963 | 504 | — | — | #343 |
| 1962 | 574 | — | — | #327 |
| 1961 | 603 | — | — | #320 |
| 1960 | 644 | — | — | #308 |
| 1959 | 696 | — | — | #297 |
| 1958 | 632 | — | — | #299 |
| 1957 | 435 | — | — | #369 |
| 1956 | 267 | — | — | #463 |
| 1955 | 188 | — | — | #540 |
| 1954 | 167 | — | — | #570 |
| 1953 | 139 | — | — | #617 |
| 1952 | 139 | — | — | #595 |
| 1951 | 125 | — | — | #629 |
| 1950 | 164 | — | — | #521 |
| 1949 | 241 | — | — | #432 |
| 1948 | 285 | — | — | #404 |
| 1947 | 369 | — | — | #354 |
| 1946 | 404 | — | — | #322 |
| 1945 | 312 | — | — | #338 |
| 1944 | 307 | — | — | #342 |
| 1943 | 321 | — | — | #343 |
| 1942 | 281 | — | — | #360 |
| 1941 | 271 | — | — | #355 |
| 1940 | 250 | — | — | #362 |
| 1939 | 267 | — | — | #343 |
| 1938 | 265 | — | — | #340 |
| 1937 | 265 | — | — | #332 |
| 1936 | 258 | — | — | #340 |
| 1935 | 243 | — | — | #352 |
| 1934 | 261 | — | — | #338 |
| 1933 | 269 | — | — | #328 |
| 1932 | 265 | — | #4,029 | #343 |
| 1931 | 241 | — | — | #360 |
| 1930 | 245 | — | #2,457 | #373 |
| 1929 | 215 | — | #2,984 | #407 |
| 1928 | 257 | — | #4,325 | #369 |
| 1927 | 253 | — | #3,631 | #375 |
| 1926 | 292 | — | #5,045 | #341 |
| 1925 | 263 | — | #3,768 | #373 |
| 1924 | 276 | — | #4,620 | #365 |
| 1923 | 278 | — | #2,773 | #365 |
| 1922 | 307 | — | #2,521 | #345 |
| 1921 | 299 | — | #2,818 | #356 |
| 1920 | 317 | — | #3,707 | #331 |
| 1919 | 334 | — | #3,944 | #302 |
| 1918 | 347 | — | #2,414 | #303 |
| 1917 | 314 | — | #2,942 | #304 |
| 1916 | 280 | — | #4,056 | #316 |
| 1915 | 331 | — | #2,749 | #274 |
| 1914 | 286 | — | — | #256 |
| 1913 | 238 | — | — | #246 |
| 1912 | 229 | — | — | #228 |
| 1911 | 164 | — | — | #190 |
| 1910 | 229 | — | — | #140 |
| 1909 | 159 | — | — | #157 |
| 1908 | 152 | — | — | #156 |
| 1907 | 178 | — | — | #133 |
| 1906 | 149 | — | — | #138 |
| 1905 | 190 | — | — | #111 |
| 1904 | 184 | — | — | #114 |
| 1903 | 168 | — | — | #117 |
| 1902 | 175 | — | — | #109 |
| 1901 | 162 | — | — | #103 |
| 1900 | 297 | — | — | #87 |
| 1899 | 179 | — | #1,666 | #101 |
| 1898 | 228 | — | — | #89 |
| 1897 | 198 | — | — | #90 |
| 1896 | 246 | — | — | #81 |
| 1895 | 229 | — | — | #84 |
| 1894 | 241 | — | — | #81 |
| 1893 | 225 | — | — | #80 |
| 1892 | 311 | — | #1,511 | #66 |
| 1891 | 237 | — | — | #70 |
| 1890 | 262 | — | — | #70 |
| 1889 | 270 | — | — | #71 |
| 1888 | 301 | — | — | #68 |
| 1887 | 275 | — | — | #62 |
| 1886 | 303 | — | — | #63 |
| 1885 | 328 | — | — | #54 |
| 1884 | 314 | — | — | #60 |
| 1883 | 247 | — | — | #64 |
| 1882 | 337 | — | — | #54 |
| 1881 | 272 | — | — | #61 |
| 1880 | 310 | — | — | #55 |