Ed
Boy · ED · Old English
Ed is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “wealth, fortune”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ed mean?
Old English: short form of Edward and other Ed- names
“wealth, fortune”
The Old English element ead, 'wealth, fortune', begins Edward, Edmund, Edgar and Edwin.
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Is Ed a girl's or a boy's name?
Ed is a boys' name.
How popular is Ed in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Ed in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1959, with 696 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ed in the US since 1880 were born between 1906 and 1957. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Ed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 28 | #2,111 |
| 1986 | 33 | #1,835 |
| 1985 | 28 | #2,018 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,689 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 35 | #1,676 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,601 |
| 1980 | 40 | #1,524 |
| 1979 | 37 | #1,570 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,780 |
| 1976 | 38 | #1,453 |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,258 |
| 1974 | 58 | #1,082 |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,006 |
| 1972 | 75 | #921 |
| 1971 | 103 | #791 |
| 1970 | 127 | #727 |
| 1969 | 135 | #676 |
| 1968 | 170 | #580 |
| 1967 | 177 | #564 |
| 1966 | 228 | #501 |
| 1965 | 307 | #439 |
| 1964 | 437 | #379 |
| 1963 | 504 | #343 |
| 1962 | 574 | #327 |
| 1961 | 603 | #320 |
| 1960 | 644 | #308 |
| 1959 | 696 | #297 |
| 1958 | 632 | #299 |
| 1957 | 435 | #369 |
| 1956 | 267 | #462 |
| 1955 | 188 | #538 |
| 1954 | 167 | #568 |
| 1953 | 139 | #615 |
| 1952 | 139 | #593 |
| 1951 | 125 | #627 |
| 1950 | 164 | #520 |
| 1949 | 241 | #431 |
| 1948 | 285 | #404 |
| 1947 | 369 | #354 |
| 1946 | 404 | #322 |
| 1945 | 312 | #338 |
| 1944 | 307 | #341 |
| 1943 | 321 | #343 |
| 1942 | 281 | #360 |
| 1941 | 271 | #355 |
| 1940 | 250 | #362 |
| 1939 | 267 | #343 |
| 1938 | 265 | #340 |
| 1937 | 265 | #332 |
| 1936 | 258 | #340 |
| 1935 | 243 | #352 |
| 1934 | 261 | #338 |
| 1933 | 269 | #327 |
| 1932 | 259 | #343 |
| 1931 | 241 | #360 |
| 1930 | 232 | #373 |
| 1929 | 205 | #406 |
| 1928 | 251 | #368 |
| 1927 | 245 | #374 |
| 1926 | 287 | #341 |
| 1925 | 255 | #373 |
| 1924 | 270 | #365 |
| 1923 | 266 | #365 |
| 1922 | 293 | #345 |
| 1921 | 287 | #356 |
| 1920 | 309 | #330 |
| 1919 | 327 | #301 |
| 1918 | 333 | #302 |
| 1917 | 304 | #304 |
| 1916 | 274 | #315 |
| 1915 | 321 | #274 |
| 1914 | 286 | #255 |
| 1913 | 238 | #246 |
| 1912 | 229 | #228 |
| 1911 | 164 | #190 |
| 1910 | 229 | #140 |
| 1909 | 159 | #157 |
| 1908 | 152 | #155 |
| 1907 | 178 | #133 |
| 1906 | 149 | #138 |
| 1905 | 190 | #111 |
| 1904 | 184 | #114 |
| 1903 | 168 | #117 |
| 1902 | 175 | #109 |
| 1901 | 162 | #102 |
| 1900 | 297 | #87 |
| 1899 | 174 | #101 |
| 1898 | 228 | #89 |
| 1897 | 198 | #90 |
| 1896 | 246 | #81 |
| 1895 | 229 | #84 |
| 1894 | 241 | #81 |
| 1893 | 225 | #80 |
| 1892 | 306 | #66 |
| 1891 | 237 | #70 |
| 1890 | 262 | #70 |
| 1889 | 270 | #71 |
| 1888 | 301 | #68 |
| 1887 | 275 | #62 |
| 1886 | 303 | #63 |
| 1885 | 328 | #54 |
| 1884 | 314 | #60 |
| 1883 | 247 | #64 |
| 1882 | 337 | #54 |
| 1881 | 272 | #61 |
| 1880 | 310 | #55 |
Nicknames for Ed
- Eddie 246 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilfred Edward Alfred Ted Harry Charlie James George William Charles Archie Eddie
Names related to Ed
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