Edison
Boy · ED-i-son · English
Edison is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Edward”. In 2025 it ranked 559th for boys in the UK (76 babies) and 867th for boys in the US (276 babies).
What does Edison mean?
English: English surname
“son of Edward”
Taken from the surname of Thomas Edison, the American inventor of the phonograph.
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- ED-i-son
Is Edison a girl's or a boy's name?
Edison is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 76 boys in the UK and 276 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Edison in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #559among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 76about 1 in 3,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 76 boys in the UK were named Edison, making it the 559th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 357th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 151 boys.
Half of all the boys named Edison in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 109 boys in the UK were given Edison or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #422, up from #559 for this spelling alone.
- Edison 76
- Eddison 33
Among boys in 2025, it was 507th in England and Wales.
Edison in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #559 |
| 2024 | 69 | #612 |
| 2023 | 100 | #446 |
| 2022 | 108 | #428 |
| 2021 | 126 | #392 |
| 2020 | 141 | #357 |
| 2019 | 151 | #342 |
| 2018 | 123 | #395 |
| 2017 | 110 | #435 |
| 2016 | 108 | #435 |
| 2015 | 94 | #482 |
| 2014 | 56 | #666 |
| 2013 | 66 | #597 |
| 2012 | 48 | #753 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,125 |
| 2010 | 42 | #786 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,214 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,210 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,065 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,096 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Edison in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #867among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 276about 1 in 6,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 276 boys in the US were named Edison, making it the 867th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 599th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 522 boys. It first appears in the records in 1891.
2025 had fewer boys named Edison than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Edison in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 306 boys in the US were given Edison or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #758, up from #867 for this spelling alone.
- Edison 276
- Eddison 22
- Edisson 8
Edison in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 276 | #867 |
| 2024 | 302 | #826 |
| 2023 | 297 | #823 |
| 2022 | 347 | #741 |
| 2021 | 452 | #616 |
| 2020 | 458 | #599 |
| 2019 | 466 | #594 |
| 2018 | 522 | #538 |
| 2017 | 495 | #555 |
| 2016 | 481 | #576 |
| 2015 | 420 | #635 |
| 2014 | 361 | #692 |
| 2013 | 366 | #661 |
| 2012 | 304 | #751 |
| 2011 | 292 | #768 |
| 2010 | 229 | #894 |
| 2009 | 194 | #1,011 |
| 2008 | 182 | #1,041 |
| 2007 | 202 | #971 |
| 2006 | 195 | #954 |
| 2005 | 171 | #1,002 |
| 2004 | 159 | #1,028 |
| 2003 | 145 | #1,068 |
| 2002 | 123 | #1,152 |
| 2001 | 106 | #1,250 |
| 2000 | 78 | #1,537 |
| 1999 | 76 | #1,486 |
| 1998 | 82 | #1,395 |
| 1997 | 66 | #1,547 |
| 1996 | 62 | #1,583 |
| 1995 | 49 | #1,777 |
| 1994 | 53 | #1,684 |
| 1993 | 50 | #1,716 |
| 1992 | 62 | #1,467 |
| 1991 | 58 | #1,496 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,582 |
| 1989 | 47 | #1,653 |
| 1988 | 67 | #1,246 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,437 |
| 1986 | 44 | #1,510 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,543 |
| 1984 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,773 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,601 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1978 | 35 | #1,596 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 33 | #1,558 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,269 |
| 1973 | 35 | #1,435 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1971 | 37 | #1,400 |
| 1970 | 40 | #1,313 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,252 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,073 |
| 1965 | 38 | #1,233 |
| 1964 | 51 | #1,059 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1962 | 53 | #1,045 |
| 1961 | 60 | #1,000 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,114 |
| 1959 | 68 | #925 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,113 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,184 |
| 1956 | 61 | #953 |
| 1955 | 56 | #1,001 |
| 1954 | 54 | #1,019 |
| 1953 | 54 | #974 |
| 1952 | 56 | #952 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,016 |
| 1950 | 56 | #917 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,012 |
| 1948 | 50 | #988 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,063 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,019 |
| 1945 | 47 | #943 |
| 1944 | 42 | #1,004 |
| 1943 | 49 | #956 |
| 1942 | 48 | #958 |
| 1941 | 53 | #870 |
| 1940 | 43 | #982 |
| 1939 | 43 | #954 |
| 1938 | 43 | #963 |
| 1937 | 40 | #1,000 |
| 1936 | 40 | #989 |
| 1935 | 53 | #858 |
| 1934 | 47 | #917 |
| 1933 | 43 | #961 |
| 1932 | 57 | #841 |
| 1931 | 77 | #684 |
| 1930 | 59 | #855 |
| 1929 | 66 | #794 |
| 1928 | 58 | #872 |
| 1927 | 79 | #733 |
| 1926 | 63 | #831 |
| 1925 | 58 | #882 |
| 1924 | 82 | #731 |
| 1923 | 87 | #692 |
| 1922 | 104 | #633 |
| 1921 | 86 | #698 |
| 1920 | 88 | #680 |
| 1919 | 85 | #673 |
| 1918 | 107 | #589 |
| 1917 | 118 | #538 |
| 1916 | 84 | #636 |
| 1915 | 81 | #643 |
| 1914 | 49 | #751 |
| 1913 | 47 | #648 |
| 1912 | 43 | #635 |
| 1911 | 18 | #758 |
| 1910 | 17 | #729 |
| 1909 | 16 | #679 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 13 | #735 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 10 | #786 |
| 1904 | 14 | #612 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 14 | #582 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 12 | #615 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 12 | #572 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
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