Edgar is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 2005 and has grown less common since.
Edgar is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #486 for boy births in the United States (and #986 across all names), given to 617 babies. Edgar first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2005 (2,454 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 617 | 617 | — | #486 |
| 2024 | 682 | 687 | — | #458 |
| 2023 | 714 | 714 | — | #436 |
| 2022 | 775 | 780 | — | #417 |
| 2021 | 758 | 764 | — | #412 |
| 2020 | 789 | 796 | — | #391 |
| 2019 | 812 | 822 | — | #386 |
| 2018 | 925 | 930 | — | #357 |
| 2017 | 940 | 953 | — | #356 |
| 2016 | 1,013 | 1,028 | — | #342 |
| 2015 | 1,114 | 1,136 | — | #317 |
| 2014 | 1,180 | 1,202 | — | #302 |
| 2013 | 1,210 | 1,230 | — | #286 |
| 2012 | 1,317 | 1,352 | — | #269 |
| 2011 | 1,473 | 1,511 | #17,539 | #243 |
| 2010 | 1,644 | 1,681 | — | #218 |
| 2009 | 1,914 | 1,966 | #15,800 | #201 |
| 2008 | 2,064 | 2,115 | — | #195 |
| 2007 | 2,420 | 2,480 | — | #168 |
| 2006 | 2,392 | 2,451 | — | #171 |
| 2005 | 2,459 | 2,539 | #17,246 | #168 |
| 2004 | 2,393 | 2,469 | #11,932 | #171 |
| 2003 | 2,320 | 2,396 | — | #172 |
| 2002 | 2,195 | 2,275 | — | #175 |
| 2001 | 2,386 | 2,481 | #9,585 | #161 |
| 2000 | 2,072 | 2,181 | — | #177 |
| 1999 | 2,042 | 2,156 | #13,159 | #173 |
| 1998 | 2,057 | 2,201 | #8,788 | #167 |
| 1997 | 2,129 | — | #6,586 | #161 |
| 1996 | 2,368 | — | #9,021 | #148 |
| 1995 | 2,335 | — | #6,359 | #152 |
| 1994 | 2,405 | — | #7,242 | #147 |
| 1993 | 2,282 | — | #5,050 | #148 |
| 1992 | 2,222 | — | #6,102 | #148 |
| 1991 | 2,284 | — | #5,486 | #142 |
| 1990 | 2,232 | — | #4,038 | #143 |
| 1989 | 2,125 | — | #4,721 | #147 |
| 1988 | 1,637 | — | #4,212 | #173 |
| 1987 | 1,617 | — | #5,374 | #169 |
| 1986 | 1,030 | — | #6,738 | #230 |
| 1985 | 888 | — | #7,773 | #258 |
| 1984 | 849 | — | #4,794 | #258 |
| 1983 | 907 | — | #5,925 | #245 |
| 1982 | 843 | — | #6,045 | #262 |
| 1981 | 938 | — | #10,863 | #241 |
| 1980 | 896 | — | #7,606 | #252 |
| 1979 | 810 | — | #8,279 | #262 |
| 1978 | 699 | — | #6,068 | #282 |
| 1977 | 716 | — | #10,049 | #275 |
| 1976 | 670 | — | #9,701 | #283 |
| 1975 | 725 | — | #6,674 | #271 |
| 1974 | 658 | — | #7,967 | #285 |
| 1973 | 599 | — | #8,797 | #299 |
| 1972 | 641 | — | #6,744 | #291 |
| 1971 | 674 | — | — | #296 |
| 1970 | 673 | — | #6,532 | #303 |
| 1969 | 643 | — | #6,858 | #301 |
| 1968 | 601 | — | #7,311 | #308 |
| 1967 | 599 | — | #4,714 | #303 |
| 1966 | 589 | — | #4,990 | #309 |
| 1965 | 603 | — | — | #309 |
| 1964 | 726 | — | #7,044 | #292 |
| 1963 | 661 | — | #5,000 | #306 |
| 1962 | 698 | — | #6,843 | #296 |
| 1961 | 695 | — | — | #293 |
| 1960 | 716 | — | — | #294 |
| 1959 | 752 | — | — | #287 |
| 1958 | 751 | — | — | #280 |
| 1957 | 778 | — | #6,330 | #272 |
| 1956 | 851 | — | — | #247 |
| 1955 | 933 | — | — | #233 |
| 1954 | 913 | — | — | #234 |
| 1953 | 897 | — | — | #225 |
| 1952 | 889 | — | — | #224 |
| 1951 | 938 | — | — | #212 |
| 1950 | 937 | — | — | #209 |
| 1949 | 914 | — | — | #211 |
| 1948 | 975 | — | — | #201 |
| 1947 | 1,056 | — | — | #193 |
| 1946 | 909 | — | — | #193 |
| 1945 | 869 | — | — | #180 |
| 1944 | 976 | — | — | #172 |
| 1943 | 1,082 | — | — | #168 |
| 1942 | 1,049 | — | — | #164 |
| 1941 | 995 | — | #4,087 | #167 |
| 1940 | 985 | — | — | #164 |
| 1939 | 1,015 | — | #3,533 | #158 |
| 1938 | 1,037 | — | #3,567 | #157 |
| 1937 | 1,068 | — | — | #145 |
| 1936 | 1,074 | — | #3,816 | #143 |
| 1935 | 1,152 | — | #3,501 | #138 |
| 1934 | 1,153 | — | #4,450 | #137 |
| 1933 | 1,191 | — | #3,189 | #135 |
| 1932 | 1,316 | — | #3,110 | #135 |
| 1931 | 1,389 | — | #2,464 | #122 |
| 1930 | 1,542 | — | #2,130 | #119 |
| 1929 | 1,498 | — | #2,780 | #116 |
| 1928 | 1,617 | — | #2,115 | #114 |
| 1927 | 1,734 | — | #2,911 | #107 |
| 1926 | 1,692 | — | #2,379 | #109 |
| 1925 | 1,819 | — | #3,174 | #96 |
| 1924 | 1,890 | — | #2,852 | #96 |
| 1923 | 1,906 | — | #3,443 | #94 |
| 1922 | 1,934 | — | #3,014 | #93 |
| 1921 | 2,027 | — | #2,668 | #90 |
| 1920 | 2,042 | — | #2,626 | #89 |
| 1919 | 1,998 | — | #2,691 | #89 |
| 1918 | 2,096 | — | #2,867 | #89 |
| 1917 | 1,931 | — | #2,742 | #88 |
| 1916 | 1,885 | — | #2,711 | #88 |
| 1915 | 1,905 | — | #2,751 | #85 |
| 1914 | 1,368 | — | #2,974 | #87 |
| 1913 | 1,092 | — | #3,321 | #87 |
| 1912 | 950 | — | #3,091 | #85 |
| 1911 | 486 | — | — | #83 |
| 1910 | 446 | — | #2,514 | #80 |
| 1909 | 347 | — | — | #86 |
| 1908 | 360 | — | — | #76 |
| 1907 | 321 | — | — | #81 |
| 1906 | 301 | — | — | #79 |
| 1905 | 315 | — | — | #78 |
| 1904 | 299 | — | — | #80 |
| 1903 | 259 | — | — | #82 |
| 1902 | 307 | — | — | #76 |
| 1901 | 271 | — | — | #71 |
| 1900 | 374 | — | — | #71 |
| 1899 | 249 | — | — | #80 |
| 1898 | 290 | — | #1,775 | #72 |
| 1897 | 278 | — | — | #69 |
| 1896 | 306 | — | — | #68 |
| 1895 | 323 | — | — | #64 |
| 1894 | 313 | — | — | #64 |
| 1893 | 310 | — | — | #63 |
| 1892 | 303 | — | — | #67 |
| 1891 | 277 | — | — | #64 |
| 1890 | 343 | — | #1,390 | #61 |
| 1889 | 322 | — | — | #60 |
| 1888 | 321 | — | — | #65 |
| 1887 | 266 | — | — | #64 |
| 1886 | 309 | — | — | #61 |
| 1885 | 303 | — | — | #60 |
| 1884 | 290 | — | — | #64 |
| 1883 | 292 | — | — | #58 |
| 1882 | 308 | — | — | #58 |
| 1881 | 312 | — | — | #51 |
| 1880 | 288 | — | #856 | #61 |