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Edmund

Gender
Boy
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ED-mund
Origin
Old English
UK rank, 2025
#675 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,081 for boys

Edmund is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “wealthy protector”. In 2025 it ranked 675th for boys in the UK (59 babies) and 1,081st for boys in the US (199 babies).

What does Edmund mean?

Old English: from Old English ead, wealth, and mund, protection

“wealthy protector”

St Edmund, king of East Anglia, was killed by Vikings in 869 and gave his name to Bury St Edmunds.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Edmund is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 boys in the UK and 199 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Edmund in the UK?

Rank in 2025
675th among boys
Babies in 2025
59 about 1 in 5,100 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 59 boys in the UK were named Edmund, making it the 675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 825th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 66 boys.

2025 had more boys named Edmund than any year since 2019.

Half of all the boys named Edmund in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 650th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#76), 1914 (#80) and 1924 (#96).

1996Busiest: 66 in 19972025
Edmund in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202559#675
202441#856
202351#740
202254#708
202142#844
202041#825
201962#644
201858#675
201742#844
201651#738
201560#652
201449#729
201337#888
201240#852
201143#801
201045#751
200941#782
200839#806
200740#765
200643#695
200533#812
200433#763
200331#754
200241#566
200134#617
200052#456
199949#486
199853#454
199766#394
199665#376

How popular is Edmund in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,081st among boys
Babies in 2025
199 about 1 in 8,600 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 27% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 199 boys in the US were named Edmund, making it the 1,081st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,415th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 1,145 boys.

2025 had more boys named Edmund than any year since 1982.

Half of all the boys named Edmund in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 1,145 in 19232025
Edmund in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025199#1,081
2024178#1,170
2023194#1,098
2022168#1,191
2021174#1,152
2020122#1,415
2019160#1,193
2018168#1,141
2017163#1,156
2016192#1,035
2015173#1,111
2014176#1,089
2013152#1,180
2012138#1,273
2011111#1,468
201095#1,639
2009125#1,367
2008118#1,425
200799#1,576
200697#1,536
2005103#1,430
2004118#1,269
2003117#1,232
2002113#1,212
2001115#1,183
2000122#1,135
1999127#1,066
1998119#1,082
1997147#920
1996128#977
1995116#1,031
1994143#909
1993132#934
1992145#873
1991147#863
1990155#815
1989159#784
1988162#741
1987189#665
1986194#643
1985174#672
1984172#657
1983180#637
1982225#572
1981251#530
1980269#521
1979320#454
1978271#489
1977271#493
1976198#577
1975209#559
1974223#536
1973221#528
1972245#502
1971285#479
1970298#469
1969332#434
1968350#412
1967369#397
1966394#385
1965432#372
1964484#356
1963473#358
1962469#372
1961523#346
1960509#345
1959532#336
1958573#321
1957662#287
1956591#306
1955604#295
1954607#288
1953621#281
1952659#267
1951625#270
1950553#286
1949586#280
1948576#280
1947633#268
1946637#243
1945478#273
1944555#243
1943666#219
1942602#231
1941576#224
1940498#242
1939467#247
1938513#234
1937523#226
1936554#212
1935564#212
1934600#206
1933567#207
1932691#190
1931708#184
1930808#177
1929829#171
1928911#163
1927929#160
19261,012#156
19251,042#152
19241,115#148
19231,145#143
19221,014#153
19211,104#142
19201,104#138
19191,007#144
19181,099#140
19171,045#135
19161,032#134
1915961#136
1914792#130
1913599#131
1912452#143
1911235#142
1910200#154
1909147#166
1908141#164
1907129#167
1906122#161
1905108#176
1904109#167
1903102#166
1902104#167
190195#161
190094#202
189987#168
1898101#163
189796#161
1896110#150
189590#175
189496#160
189380#180
189293#170
189161#202
189054#224
188989#155
188876#197
188761#196
188680#173
188568#192
188472#191
188363#185
188271#186
188161#187
188067#187

Nicknames for Edmund

Names like Edmund

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Edward, Wilfred, Alfred, Arthur, Edwin, Frederick, Eddie, Albert, Ernest, George, Henry, Leonard

Names related to Edmund

Edmond, Edmundo

More Old English names

Alfie, Teddy, Waylon, Audrey, Edith, Ozzy, Edie, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden, Kelsey, Alvin, Ozzie, Harold

Every Old English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Edmund: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/edmund, updated 20 October 2026.