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.

Ed: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #610, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#610highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2018

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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

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 Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ed appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2018, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #610, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, and 16 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ece · #1439, 24y
Echo · #2350, 24y
Eda · #1402, 29y
Edan · #403, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kyler · #610, 24y
Brax · #609, 14y
Brayan · #611, 19y
Ameya · #608, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aasiyah · #610, 29y
Kyler · #610, 24y
Ronaldo · #610, 27y
Wilf · #610, 28y

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.

Ed and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ed without appearing here.

Ed moved ahead of

Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3004 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1804 and #4810.
Rune Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2943 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #3651.
Courtney Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3895 and #2690 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1804 and #3079.
Isak Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3895 and #3362 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #3908.

Moved ahead of Ed

Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1804 and #2556 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #1786.
Gustav Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1804 and #3478 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #2259.
Willow Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1804 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #2445.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3039 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3315 and #2403.

Moved the opposite way to Ed

Braxton Compare
Between 2004 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Ed went from #1878 to #3412 while Braxton went from #2304 to #919.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Ed went from #1744 to #3412 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1382.

Moved the same way as Ed

Isak Compare
Between 2001 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Ed went from #2220 to #3412 and Isak from #1949 to #4749.
Kelly Compare
Between 2001 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Ed went from #2220 to #3412 and Kelly from #1467 to #3011.
Malin Compare
Between 2001 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Ed went from #2220 to #3412 and Malin from #3134 to #4749.
Morten Compare
Between 2003 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Ed went from #1962 to #3004 and Morten from #2189 to #4747.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't 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.

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Ed across 2 official records

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