Edson is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2019 and remains in steady use.
Edson is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,735 for boy births in the United States (and #3,700 across all names), given to 94 babies. Edson first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2019 (121 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | 94 | #1,735 |
| 2024 | 89 | 89 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 116 | 116 | #1,519 |
| 2022 | 118 | 118 | #1,525 |
| 2021 | 83 | 83 | #1,856 |
| 2020 | 88 | 88 | #1,751 |
| 2019 | 121 | 121 | #1,443 |
| 2018 | 86 | 86 | #1,779 |
| 2017 | 88 | 88 | #1,750 |
| 2016 | 57 | 57 | #2,311 |
| 2015 | 50 | 50 | #2,496 |
| 2014 | 56 | 56 | #2,322 |
| 2013 | 71 | 71 | #1,944 |
| 2012 | 60 | 60 | #2,187 |
| 2011 | 66 | 66 | #2,042 |
| 2010 | 94 | 94 | #1,658 |
| 2009 | 69 | 69 | #2,016 |
| 2008 | 91 | 91 | #1,680 |
| 2007 | 89 | 89 | #1,704 |
| 2006 | 111 | 111 | #1,414 |
| 2005 | 92 | 92 | #1,537 |
| 2004 | 81 | 81 | #1,610 |
| 2003 | 81 | 81 | #1,568 |
| 2002 | 110 | 110 | #1,238 |
| 2001 | 94 | 94 | #1,360 |
| 2000 | 93 | 93 | #1,364 |
| 1999 | 66 | 66 | #1,628 |
| 1998 | 89 | 89 | #1,342 |
| 1997 | 91 | — | #1,267 |
| 1996 | 69 | — | #1,467 |
| 1995 | 62 | — | #1,533 |
| 1994 | 49 | — | #1,784 |
| 1993 | 61 | — | #1,516 |
| 1992 | 49 | — | #1,737 |
| 1991 | 41 | — | #1,902 |
| 1990 | 52 | — | #1,596 |
| 1989 | 45 | — | #1,713 |
| 1988 | 32 | — | #2,007 |
| 1987 | 27 | — | #2,184 |
| 1986 | 37 | — | #1,699 |
| 1985 | 24 | — | #2,246 |
| 1984 | 23 | — | #2,249 |
| 1983 | 23 | — | #2,228 |
| 1982 | 40 | — | #1,549 |
| 1981 | 21 | — | #2,365 |
| 1980 | 18 | — | #2,647 |
| 1979 | 23 | — | #2,182 |
| 1978 | 16 | — | #2,707 |
| 1977 | 20 | — | #2,291 |
| 1976 | 18 | — | #2,446 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #3,505 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | #2,850 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | #2,755 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | #3,418 |
| 1971 | 13 | — | #2,721 |
| 1970 | 18 | — | #2,150 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | #2,921 |
| 1967 | 16 | — | #1,989 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | #2,839 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #3,645 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | #2,454 |
| 1963 | 17 | — | #1,985 |
| 1962 | 20 | — | #1,825 |
| 1961 | 16 | — | #2,088 |
| 1960 | 13 | — | #2,349 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | #2,572 |
| 1958 | 15 | — | #2,120 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | #2,413 |
| 1956 | 18 | — | #1,901 |
| 1955 | 16 | — | #1,991 |
| 1954 | 14 | — | #2,141 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | #2,123 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | #3,176 |
| 1951 | 27 | — | #1,435 |
| 1950 | 16 | — | #1,901 |
| 1949 | 24 | — | #1,518 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | #1,837 |
| 1947 | 22 | — | #1,616 |
| 1946 | 21 | — | #1,570 |
| 1945 | 22 | — | #1,423 |
| 1944 | 28 | — | #1,263 |
| 1943 | 24 | — | #1,438 |
| 1942 | 14 | — | #1,975 |
| 1941 | 23 | — | #1,425 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | #2,218 |
| 1939 | 20 | — | #1,504 |
| 1938 | 21 | — | #1,492 |
| 1937 | 25 | — | #1,350 |
| 1936 | 22 | — | #1,429 |
| 1935 | 21 | — | #1,504 |
| 1934 | 21 | — | #1,522 |
| 1933 | 16 | — | #1,787 |
| 1932 | 22 | — | #1,521 |
| 1931 | 20 | — | #1,600 |
| 1930 | 29 | — | #1,345 |
| 1929 | 27 | — | #1,392 |
| 1928 | 25 | — | #1,487 |
| 1927 | 28 | — | #1,417 |
| 1926 | 25 | — | #1,485 |
| 1925 | 26 | — | #1,466 |
| 1924 | 30 | — | #1,362 |
| 1923 | 35 | — | #1,220 |
| 1922 | 35 | — | #1,228 |
| 1921 | 35 | — | #1,237 |
| 1920 | 30 | — | #1,335 |
| 1919 | 32 | — | #1,253 |
| 1918 | 28 | — | #1,353 |
| 1917 | 48 | — | #924 |
| 1916 | 30 | — | #1,218 |
| 1915 | 36 | — | #1,072 |
| 1914 | 31 | — | #1,006 |
| 1913 | 23 | — | #1,055 |
| 1912 | 16 | — | #1,192 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | #1,064 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #1,516 |
| 1908 | 8 | — | #1,041 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | #1,021 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,040 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | #907 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | #1,207 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,175 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | #842 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #1,009 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,130 |
| 1892 | 10 | — | #703 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | #874 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | #842 |
| 1887 | 9 | — | #645 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,011 |
| 1883 | 8 | — | #692 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #974 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | #726 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | #846 |