Edsel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ED-sul
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Edsel is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Edsel mean?
Surname of uncertain origin
Henry Ford named his son Edsel after a boyhood friend; Ford's Edsel car of 1958 became a famous flop.
Is Edsel a girl's or a boy's name?
Edsel 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 Edsel 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 Edsel, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1927, with 224 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had fewer boys named Edsel than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Edsel in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Edsel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 28 | #1,455 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,654 |
| 1963 | 31 | #1,402 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,514 |
| 1961 | 25 | #1,601 |
| 1960 | 27 | #1,551 |
| 1959 | 47 | #1,128 |
| 1958 | 56 | #1,017 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,028 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,442 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,239 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,241 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,260 |
| 1952 | 54 | #967 |
| 1951 | 52 | #971 |
| 1950 | 48 | #1,005 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,162 |
| 1948 | 40 | #1,126 |
| 1947 | 52 | #983 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,110 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,085 |
| 1943 | 61 | #846 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,167 |
| 1941 | 45 | #951 |
| 1940 | 60 | #802 |
| 1939 | 45 | #931 |
| 1938 | 59 | #808 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,094 |
| 1936 | 52 | #844 |
| 1935 | 68 | #741 |
| 1934 | 56 | #836 |
| 1933 | 71 | #721 |
| 1932 | 70 | #746 |
| 1931 | 105 | #574 |
| 1930 | 104 | #591 |
| 1929 | 98 | #610 |
| 1928 | 156 | #487 |
| 1927 | 224 | #399 |
| 1926 | 174 | #456 |
| 1925 | 173 | #458 |
| 1924 | 138 | #538 |
| 1923 | 120 | #570 |
| 1922 | 113 | #608 |
| 1921 | 72 | #800 |
| 1920 | 55 | #929 |
| 1919 | 76 | #730 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,062 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,152 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,176 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Edsel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Robert Russell Richard Edward Paul Thomas Marvin Manuel Marshall Lionel William Warren
Sources
Figures from 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, “Edsel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/edsel, updated 20 October 2026.