Edel
Girl · ED-el · Germanic
Edel is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Edel mean?
Germanic: German word edel 'noble'; used as a girl's name in Ireland
“noble”
Edel Quinn, a 20th-century Irish lay missionary in East Africa, is a well-known bearer.
- Say it
- ED-el
Is Edel a girl's or a boy's name?
Edel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Edel in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Edel in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2002. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Edel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Edel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Edel, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Edel in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Edel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
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