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Edge

Boy · EJ · English

Edge is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “sharp side or border”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).

What does Edge mean?

English: English word edge, from Old English ecg

“sharp side or border”

From the English word edge, from Old English ecg, meaning the cutting side of a blade.

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Is Edge a girl's or a boy's name?

Edge is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Edge in the US?

Rank in 2025
#12,003among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Edge, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.

Half of all the boys named Edge in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

2000Busiest: 10 in 20072025
Edge in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#12,003
20240–
20235#12,232
20226#10,855
20216#10,794
20206#10,599
20198#8,883
20185#12,150
20178#8,835
20160–
20150–
20146#10,711
20135#12,129
20126#10,763
20115#12,280
20106#10,759
20090–
200810#7,693
200710#7,586
20060–
20050–
20040–
20035#10,886
20020–
20010–
20005#10,341

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