Edan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Edan: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #403 in 2005, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#403highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2021	#5581

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2019: #418 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1655 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2015
Highest recorded position: #403 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2005 (recorded 2005–2015).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Edan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 468 births with the name.

Edan across 3 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.

Edan'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	#1168 (1996)	#848 (2002)	#1951 (2024)	29 of 29	468 (1996–2024)	27 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#4137 (2002)	#4137 (2002)	#5581 (2021)	2 of 20	6 (2002–2021)	3 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#403 (2005)	#403 (2005)	#699 (2015)	3 of 11	12 (2005–2015)	5 (2005)

Edan 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 Edan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	46	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	190	10 of 10	19
2010s	152	10 of 10	15
2020s	80	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Edan 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #403 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Edan'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1391	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1284	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1247	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1209	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1358	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#885	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#982	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1038	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#889	22	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#848	21	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#910	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1130	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1113	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #403, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 23 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.

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Eda · #1402, 29y
Edda · #243, 30y
Eddie · #166, 55y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Codey · #403, 28y
Gideon · #403, 30y
Mani · #403, 28y
Ayana · #402, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Codey · #403, 28y
Gideon · #403, 30y
Haseeb · #403, 29y
Jonjo · #403, 29y

Edan was ranked #403 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2005. 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.

Edan 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 Edan without appearing here.

Edan moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2458 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1920 and #3822.
Keith Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1673 and #1673 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1570 and #2804.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #2160.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #953 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #910 and #1595.

Moved ahead of Edan

Theodor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1209 and #1522 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #1086.
Tadhg Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1209 and #1251 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #1152.
Kasper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #885 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1756 and #820.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #885 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1756 and #926.

Moved the opposite way to Edan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Edan went from #1168 to #1951 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Edan went from #1168 to #1951 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Edan went from #1168 to #1951 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Edan went from #1168 to #1951 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Edan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Edan went from #1168 to #1951 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Edan went from #1168 to #1951 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Edan went from #1168 to #1951 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Edan went from #1168 to #1951 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #403 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Edan

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Edan across 3 official records

Edan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Edan across 3 official records

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