Ed

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ed: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#610highest recorded position

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2018

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2001	#2220
2002	#1799
2003	#1962
2004	#1878
2005	#1991
2006	#1744
2007	#2211
2008	#4432
2009	#1981
2010	#2941
2011	#2194
2012	#3039
2013	#3315
2014	#3895
2015	#3004
2016	#1804
2018	#3412

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 20 years from 1999 to 2018.

In 2015: #699 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3004 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2015–2017
Highest recorded position: #610 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2017 (recorded 2015–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #3412 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Boys

Ed appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 18 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 123 births with the name.

Ed across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ed's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2943 (1999)	#1744 (2006)	#3412 (2018)	18 of 20	123 (1999–2018)	13 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#699 (2015)	#610 (2017)	#610 (2017)	2 of 3	7 (2015–2017)	4 (2017)

Ed by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ed in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	66	9 of 10	7
2010s	54	8 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #610 in Republic of Ireland in 2017.

Ed's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Ed is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Ed, between 1999 and 2018, in 19 of those 20 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	1999–2018	18	#1744 in 2006
Republic of Ireland	2015–2017	2	#610 in 2017

Its high point came 11 years earlier in England and Wales (2006) than in Republic of Ireland (2017).

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

Ed was ranked #610 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2017. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aayan#610
Abdallah#610
Abdulrahman#610
Adas#610
Adi#710
Adonis#710
Ailbe#710
Ajus#710

What is known about Ed

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 1999–2018.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #610 in Republic of Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ed

Ed at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ed across 2 official records

Ed by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Popularity data

Where Ed is officially recorded

Names published alongside Ed

What is known about Ed

Ed at a glance

Ed across 2 official records

Ed by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Names published alongside Ed