Edgar
Boy · ED-gar · Old English
Edgar is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “wealthy spear”. In 2025 it ranked 1,337th for boys in the UK (22 babies) and 486th for boys in the US (617 babies).
What does Edgar mean?
Old English: from Old English ead, wealth, and gar, spear
“wealthy spear”
Edgar the Peaceful ruled England in the 10th century; Edgar is also Gloucester's loyal son in King Lear.
- Say it
- ED-gar
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Is Edgar a girl's or a boy's name?
Edgar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the UK and 617 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Edgar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,337among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were named Edgar, making it the 1,337th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 936th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 53 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Edgar than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Edgar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,275th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#49), 1914 (#65) and 1924 (#84).
Edgar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,337 |
| 2024 | 35 | #961 |
| 2023 | 41 | #860 |
| 2022 | 40 | #863 |
| 2021 | 35 | #960 |
| 2020 | 34 | #936 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,103 |
| 2018 | 53 | #720 |
| 2017 | 41 | #860 |
| 2016 | 49 | #762 |
| 2015 | 49 | #732 |
| 2014 | 44 | #791 |
| 2013 | 34 | #938 |
| 2012 | 51 | #718 |
| 2011 | 40 | #833 |
| 2010 | 42 | #786 |
| 2009 | 36 | #864 |
| 2008 | 33 | #905 |
| 2007 | 32 | #896 |
| 2006 | 29 | #914 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,180 |
| 2004 | 25 | #921 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,010 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,103 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,113 |
| 1999 | 17 | #959 |
| 1998 | 17 | #951 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Edgar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #486among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 617about 1 in 2,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 617 boys in the US were named Edgar, making it the 486th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 391st. Its busiest year was 2005, with 2,454 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Edgar than any year since 1973.
Half of all the boys named Edgar in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Edgar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 617 | #486 |
| 2024 | 682 | #458 |
| 2023 | 714 | #436 |
| 2022 | 775 | #417 |
| 2021 | 758 | #412 |
| 2020 | 789 | #391 |
| 2019 | 812 | #386 |
| 2018 | 925 | #357 |
| 2017 | 940 | #356 |
| 2016 | 1,013 | #342 |
| 2015 | 1,114 | #317 |
| 2014 | 1,180 | #302 |
| 2013 | 1,210 | #286 |
| 2012 | 1,317 | #269 |
| 2011 | 1,468 | #243 |
| 2010 | 1,644 | #217 |
| 2009 | 1,908 | #201 |
| 2008 | 2,064 | #195 |
| 2007 | 2,420 | #168 |
| 2006 | 2,392 | #171 |
| 2005 | 2,454 | #168 |
| 2004 | 2,385 | #171 |
| 2003 | 2,320 | #172 |
| 2002 | 2,195 | #175 |
| 2001 | 2,376 | #160 |
| 2000 | 2,072 | #177 |
| 1999 | 2,036 | #173 |
| 1998 | 2,047 | #167 |
| 1997 | 2,115 | #161 |
| 1996 | 2,359 | #148 |
| 1995 | 2,321 | #152 |
| 1994 | 2,393 | #147 |
| 1993 | 2,263 | #148 |
| 1992 | 2,207 | #148 |
| 1991 | 2,267 | #142 |
| 1990 | 2,207 | #143 |
| 1989 | 2,106 | #147 |
| 1988 | 1,616 | #173 |
| 1987 | 1,603 | #169 |
| 1986 | 1,020 | #230 |
| 1985 | 880 | #257 |
| 1984 | 834 | #258 |
| 1983 | 896 | #245 |
| 1982 | 832 | #262 |
| 1981 | 933 | #240 |
| 1980 | 888 | #252 |
| 1979 | 803 | #262 |
| 1978 | 689 | #281 |
| 1977 | 711 | #275 |
| 1976 | 665 | #283 |
| 1975 | 717 | #271 |
| 1974 | 652 | #285 |
| 1973 | 594 | #299 |
| 1972 | 634 | #291 |
| 1971 | 674 | #296 |
| 1970 | 666 | #303 |
| 1969 | 637 | #301 |
| 1968 | 596 | #308 |
| 1967 | 590 | #303 |
| 1966 | 581 | #309 |
| 1965 | 603 | #308 |
| 1964 | 721 | #292 |
| 1963 | 653 | #305 |
| 1962 | 693 | #295 |
| 1961 | 695 | #293 |
| 1960 | 716 | #294 |
| 1959 | 752 | #287 |
| 1958 | 751 | #280 |
| 1957 | 773 | #272 |
| 1956 | 851 | #247 |
| 1955 | 933 | #233 |
| 1954 | 913 | #234 |
| 1953 | 897 | #224 |
| 1952 | 889 | #224 |
| 1951 | 938 | #212 |
| 1950 | 937 | #209 |
| 1949 | 914 | #211 |
| 1948 | 975 | #201 |
| 1947 | 1,056 | #193 |
| 1946 | 909 | #193 |
| 1945 | 869 | #180 |
| 1944 | 976 | #172 |
| 1943 | 1,082 | #168 |
| 1942 | 1,049 | #164 |
| 1941 | 989 | #167 |
| 1940 | 985 | #164 |
| 1939 | 1,008 | #158 |
| 1938 | 1,030 | #157 |
| 1937 | 1,068 | #145 |
| 1936 | 1,068 | #143 |
| 1935 | 1,145 | #138 |
| 1934 | 1,148 | #137 |
| 1933 | 1,183 | #135 |
| 1932 | 1,307 | #135 |
| 1931 | 1,377 | #122 |
| 1930 | 1,526 | #119 |
| 1929 | 1,487 | #116 |
| 1928 | 1,600 | #114 |
| 1927 | 1,723 | #107 |
| 1926 | 1,677 | #109 |
| 1925 | 1,809 | #96 |
| 1924 | 1,878 | #96 |
| 1923 | 1,897 | #94 |
| 1922 | 1,923 | #93 |
| 1921 | 2,014 | #90 |
| 1920 | 2,029 | #89 |
| 1919 | 1,986 | #89 |
| 1918 | 2,085 | #89 |
| 1917 | 1,920 | #88 |
| 1916 | 1,874 | #88 |
| 1915 | 1,895 | #85 |
| 1914 | 1,361 | #87 |
| 1913 | 1,087 | #87 |
| 1912 | 945 | #85 |
| 1911 | 486 | #83 |
| 1910 | 441 | #80 |
| 1909 | 347 | #86 |
| 1908 | 360 | #76 |
| 1907 | 321 | #81 |
| 1906 | 301 | #79 |
| 1905 | 315 | #78 |
| 1904 | 299 | #80 |
| 1903 | 259 | #81 |
| 1902 | 307 | #76 |
| 1901 | 271 | #71 |
| 1900 | 374 | #71 |
| 1899 | 249 | #80 |
| 1898 | 285 | #72 |
| 1897 | 278 | #69 |
| 1896 | 306 | #68 |
| 1895 | 323 | #64 |
| 1894 | 313 | #64 |
| 1893 | 310 | #63 |
| 1892 | 303 | #67 |
| 1891 | 277 | #64 |
| 1890 | 338 | #61 |
| 1889 | 322 | #60 |
| 1888 | 321 | #65 |
| 1887 | 266 | #64 |
| 1886 | 309 | #61 |
| 1885 | 303 | #60 |
| 1884 | 290 | #63 |
| 1883 | 292 | #58 |
| 1882 | 308 | #58 |
| 1881 | 312 | #50 |
| 1880 | 283 | #61 |
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