Edison is an established boys' name that peaked in 2018 and has grown less common since.
Edison is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #870 for boy births in the United States (and #1,795 across all names), given to 276 babies. Edison first appears in 1891 and peaked in 2018 (522 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 276 | 276 | — | #870 |
| 2024 | 311 | 311 | #10,508 | #827 |
| 2023 | 308 | 308 | #9,153 | #823 |
| 2022 | 360 | 360 | #8,160 | #742 |
| 2021 | 473 | 473 | #5,803 | #616 |
| 2020 | 475 | 475 | #6,715 | #599 |
| 2019 | 479 | 479 | #8,249 | #594 |
| 2018 | 554 | 554 | #4,378 | #538 |
| 2017 | 509 | 509 | #7,967 | #555 |
| 2016 | 492 | 492 | #9,594 | #576 |
| 2015 | 430 | 430 | #10,343 | #635 |
| 2014 | 371 | 371 | #10,361 | #693 |
| 2013 | 376 | 376 | #10,482 | #661 |
| 2012 | 317 | 327 | #8,778 | #752 |
| 2011 | 304 | 304 | #9,314 | #769 |
| 2010 | 236 | 236 | #13,888 | #894 |
| 2009 | 202 | 209 | #12,777 | #1,012 |
| 2008 | 182 | 182 | — | #1,041 |
| 2007 | 202 | 209 | — | #972 |
| 2006 | 195 | 195 | — | #954 |
| 2005 | 171 | 177 | — | #1,003 |
| 2004 | 159 | 164 | — | #1,031 |
| 2003 | 150 | 150 | #16,497 | #1,069 |
| 2002 | 123 | 129 | — | #1,157 |
| 2001 | 106 | 113 | — | #1,257 |
| 2000 | 78 | 87 | — | #1,544 |
| 1999 | 76 | 82 | — | #1,495 |
| 1998 | 82 | 91 | — | #1,399 |
| 1997 | 66 | — | — | #1,555 |
| 1996 | 62 | — | — | #1,590 |
| 1995 | 49 | — | — | #1,786 |
| 1994 | 53 | — | — | #1,694 |
| 1993 | 50 | — | — | #1,727 |
| 1992 | 62 | — | — | #1,476 |
| 1991 | 58 | — | — | #1,507 |
| 1990 | 52 | — | — | #1,595 |
| 1989 | 47 | — | — | #1,663 |
| 1988 | 67 | — | — | #1,250 |
| 1987 | 50 | — | — | #1,445 |
| 1986 | 44 | — | — | #1,513 |
| 1985 | 42 | — | — | #1,551 |
| 1984 | 35 | — | — | #1,667 |
| 1983 | 37 | — | — | #1,607 |
| 1982 | 32 | — | — | #1,787 |
| 1981 | 37 | — | — | #1,612 |
| 1980 | 30 | — | — | #1,873 |
| 1979 | 30 | — | — | #1,844 |
| 1978 | 35 | — | — | #1,602 |
| 1977 | 26 | — | — | #1,918 |
| 1976 | 29 | — | — | #1,758 |
| 1975 | 33 | — | — | #1,566 |
| 1974 | 44 | — | — | #1,274 |
| 1973 | 35 | — | — | #1,445 |
| 1972 | 28 | — | — | #1,659 |
| 1971 | 37 | — | — | #1,404 |
| 1970 | 40 | — | — | #1,319 |
| 1969 | 28 | — | — | #1,535 |
| 1968 | 35 | — | — | #1,292 |
| 1967 | 36 | — | — | #1,261 |
| 1966 | 47 | — | — | #1,078 |
| 1965 | 38 | — | — | #1,242 |
| 1964 | 51 | — | — | #1,063 |
| 1963 | 37 | — | — | #1,286 |
| 1962 | 53 | — | — | #1,050 |
| 1961 | 60 | — | — | #1,005 |
| 1960 | 49 | — | — | #1,120 |
| 1959 | 68 | — | — | #932 |
| 1958 | 47 | — | — | #1,118 |
| 1957 | 43 | — | — | #1,188 |
| 1956 | 61 | — | — | #960 |
| 1955 | 56 | — | — | #1,005 |
| 1954 | 54 | — | — | #1,021 |
| 1953 | 54 | — | — | #979 |
| 1952 | 56 | — | — | #955 |
| 1951 | 48 | — | — | #1,027 |
| 1950 | 56 | — | — | #921 |
| 1949 | 47 | — | — | #1,015 |
| 1948 | 50 | — | — | #992 |
| 1947 | 46 | — | — | #1,067 |
| 1946 | 45 | — | — | #1,021 |
| 1945 | 47 | — | — | #944 |
| 1944 | 42 | — | — | #1,007 |
| 1943 | 49 | — | — | #964 |
| 1942 | 48 | — | — | #959 |
| 1941 | 53 | — | — | #873 |
| 1940 | 43 | — | — | #983 |
| 1939 | 43 | — | — | #958 |
| 1938 | 43 | — | — | #969 |
| 1937 | 40 | — | — | #1,003 |
| 1936 | 40 | — | — | #995 |
| 1935 | 53 | — | — | #861 |
| 1934 | 47 | — | — | #920 |
| 1933 | 43 | — | — | #966 |
| 1932 | 57 | — | — | #845 |
| 1931 | 77 | — | — | #684 |
| 1930 | 59 | — | — | #858 |
| 1929 | 66 | — | — | #797 |
| 1928 | 58 | — | — | #876 |
| 1927 | 79 | — | — | #737 |
| 1926 | 63 | — | — | #835 |
| 1925 | 58 | — | — | #884 |
| 1924 | 82 | — | — | #733 |
| 1923 | 87 | — | — | #695 |
| 1922 | 104 | — | — | #634 |
| 1921 | 86 | — | — | #698 |
| 1920 | 88 | — | — | #681 |
| 1919 | 85 | — | — | #674 |
| 1918 | 107 | — | — | #590 |
| 1917 | 118 | — | — | #538 |
| 1916 | 84 | — | — | #636 |
| 1915 | 81 | — | — | #644 |
| 1914 | 49 | — | — | #756 |
| 1913 | 47 | — | — | #654 |
| 1912 | 43 | — | — | #636 |
| 1911 | 18 | — | — | #763 |
| 1910 | 17 | — | — | #733 |
| 1909 | 16 | — | — | #691 |
| 1908 | 10 | — | — | #902 |
| 1907 | 13 | — | — | #750 |
| 1906 | 10 | — | — | #808 |
| 1905 | 10 | — | — | #801 |
| 1904 | 14 | — | — | #621 |
| 1902 | 14 | — | — | #595 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | — | #882 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | — | #1,365 |
| 1899 | 7 | — | — | #878 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | — | #1,037 |
| 1897 | 12 | — | — | #624 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | — | #920 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | — | #1,126 |
| 1893 | 12 | — | — | #582 |
| 1892 | 8 | — | — | #815 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | — | #873 |