Edmund is an established boys' name that peaked in 1923 and has since faded.
Edmund is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,082 for boy births in the United States (and #2,218 across all names), given to 199 babies. Edmund first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1923 (1,145 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 199 | 199 | — | #1,082 |
| 2024 | 178 | 178 | — | #1,170 |
| 2023 | 194 | 194 | — | #1,099 |
| 2022 | 168 | 168 | — | #1,191 |
| 2021 | 174 | 174 | — | #1,152 |
| 2020 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,417 |
| 2019 | 160 | 160 | — | #1,194 |
| 2018 | 168 | 168 | — | #1,145 |
| 2017 | 163 | 163 | — | #1,157 |
| 2016 | 192 | 192 | — | #1,035 |
| 2015 | 173 | 173 | — | #1,113 |
| 2014 | 176 | 176 | — | #1,089 |
| 2013 | 152 | 152 | — | #1,182 |
| 2012 | 138 | 138 | — | #1,276 |
| 2011 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,471 |
| 2010 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,647 |
| 2009 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,371 |
| 2008 | 118 | 118 | — | #1,425 |
| 2007 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,584 |
| 2006 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,538 |
| 2005 | 103 | 103 | — | #1,432 |
| 2004 | 118 | 118 | — | #1,275 |
| 2003 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,235 |
| 2002 | 113 | 113 | — | #1,216 |
| 2001 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,186 |
| 2000 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,138 |
| 1999 | 127 | 127 | — | #1,069 |
| 1998 | 119 | 119 | — | #1,089 |
| 1997 | 147 | — | — | #924 |
| 1996 | 128 | — | — | #981 |
| 1995 | 116 | — | — | #1,035 |
| 1994 | 143 | — | — | #913 |
| 1993 | 132 | — | — | #938 |
| 1992 | 145 | — | — | #878 |
| 1991 | 147 | — | — | #867 |
| 1990 | 155 | — | — | #819 |
| 1989 | 159 | — | — | #787 |
| 1988 | 162 | — | — | #744 |
| 1987 | 189 | — | — | #666 |
| 1986 | 194 | — | — | #643 |
| 1985 | 174 | — | — | #673 |
| 1984 | 172 | — | — | #658 |
| 1983 | 180 | — | — | #638 |
| 1982 | 225 | — | — | #573 |
| 1981 | 251 | — | — | #530 |
| 1980 | 269 | — | — | #522 |
| 1979 | 325 | — | #10,634 | #454 |
| 1978 | 271 | — | — | #489 |
| 1977 | 271 | — | — | #493 |
| 1976 | 198 | — | — | #578 |
| 1975 | 209 | — | — | #560 |
| 1974 | 223 | — | — | #536 |
| 1973 | 221 | — | — | #528 |
| 1972 | 245 | — | — | #503 |
| 1971 | 285 | — | — | #479 |
| 1970 | 298 | — | — | #469 |
| 1969 | 332 | — | — | #434 |
| 1968 | 350 | — | — | #412 |
| 1967 | 369 | — | — | #398 |
| 1966 | 394 | — | — | #385 |
| 1965 | 432 | — | — | #372 |
| 1964 | 484 | — | — | #356 |
| 1963 | 473 | — | — | #358 |
| 1962 | 469 | — | — | #372 |
| 1961 | 523 | — | — | #346 |
| 1960 | 509 | — | — | #345 |
| 1959 | 532 | — | — | #336 |
| 1958 | 573 | — | — | #321 |
| 1957 | 662 | — | — | #287 |
| 1956 | 591 | — | — | #306 |
| 1955 | 604 | — | — | #295 |
| 1954 | 607 | — | — | #288 |
| 1953 | 621 | — | — | #281 |
| 1952 | 659 | — | — | #267 |
| 1951 | 625 | — | — | #270 |
| 1950 | 553 | — | — | #287 |
| 1949 | 586 | — | — | #280 |
| 1948 | 576 | — | — | #280 |
| 1947 | 633 | — | — | #268 |
| 1946 | 637 | — | — | #243 |
| 1945 | 478 | — | — | #274 |
| 1944 | 555 | — | — | #243 |
| 1943 | 666 | — | — | #219 |
| 1942 | 602 | — | — | #231 |
| 1941 | 576 | — | — | #224 |
| 1940 | 498 | — | — | #242 |
| 1939 | 467 | — | — | #247 |
| 1938 | 513 | — | — | #234 |
| 1937 | 523 | — | — | #226 |
| 1936 | 554 | — | — | #212 |
| 1935 | 564 | — | — | #212 |
| 1934 | 600 | — | — | #206 |
| 1933 | 567 | — | — | #207 |
| 1932 | 691 | — | — | #190 |
| 1931 | 708 | — | — | #184 |
| 1930 | 813 | — | #4,739 | #177 |
| 1929 | 835 | — | #4,208 | #171 |
| 1928 | 916 | — | #4,907 | #163 |
| 1927 | 934 | — | #5,009 | #160 |
| 1926 | 1,019 | — | #3,983 | #156 |
| 1925 | 1,042 | — | — | #152 |
| 1924 | 1,122 | — | #4,116 | #148 |
| 1923 | 1,145 | — | — | #143 |
| 1922 | 1,019 | — | #5,212 | #153 |
| 1921 | 1,104 | — | — | #142 |
| 1920 | 1,104 | — | — | #138 |
| 1919 | 1,012 | — | #5,008 | #144 |
| 1918 | 1,099 | — | — | #140 |
| 1917 | 1,050 | — | #4,783 | #135 |
| 1916 | 1,032 | — | — | #134 |
| 1915 | 961 | — | — | #136 |
| 1914 | 792 | — | — | #130 |
| 1913 | 599 | — | — | #131 |
| 1912 | 457 | — | #3,094 | #143 |
| 1911 | 235 | — | — | #142 |
| 1910 | 200 | — | — | #154 |
| 1909 | 147 | — | — | #167 |
| 1908 | 141 | — | — | #164 |
| 1907 | 129 | — | — | #167 |
| 1906 | 122 | — | — | #162 |
| 1905 | 108 | — | — | #176 |
| 1904 | 109 | — | — | #168 |
| 1903 | 102 | — | — | #166 |
| 1902 | 104 | — | — | #167 |
| 1901 | 95 | — | — | #161 |
| 1900 | 94 | — | — | #202 |
| 1899 | 87 | — | — | #168 |
| 1898 | 101 | — | — | #163 |
| 1897 | 96 | — | — | #163 |
| 1896 | 110 | — | — | #151 |
| 1895 | 90 | — | — | #176 |
| 1894 | 96 | — | — | #160 |
| 1893 | 80 | — | — | #183 |
| 1892 | 93 | — | — | #170 |
| 1891 | 61 | — | — | #202 |
| 1890 | 54 | — | — | #225 |
| 1889 | 89 | — | — | #155 |
| 1888 | 76 | — | — | #197 |
| 1887 | 61 | — | — | #197 |
| 1886 | 80 | — | — | #173 |
| 1885 | 68 | — | — | #193 |
| 1884 | 72 | — | — | #191 |
| 1883 | 63 | — | — | #187 |
| 1882 | 71 | — | — | #186 |
| 1881 | 61 | — | — | #187 |
| 1880 | 67 | — | — | #187 |