Edison Boy
How popular is Edison?
#867 boy name in 2025
276 baby boys were named Edison in the US in 2025, making it the 867th most popular boy name.
Edison popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #867 for boys (▼ 41 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 276 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-34% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #635 in 2015, #599 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (522 boys) |
| Highest rank | #538 in 1917 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1891 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Edison counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Edison family of names ranked #760 for boys in 2025 (#736 the year before), with 306 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Edison | 276 | 90% |
| Eddison | 22 | 7% |
| Edisson | 8 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Edison is most popular
Babies named Edison per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 1.0 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- Minnesota: 0.7 per 1,000 (90 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.6 per 1,000 (74 boys)
- South Dakota: 0.4 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- Michigan: 0.4 per 1,000 (76 boys)
Edison by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 63 | #572 |
| 1900s | 99 | #582 |
| 1910s | 649 | #538 |
| 1920s | 771 | #633 |
| 1930s | 502 | #684 |
| 1940s | 470 | #870 |
| 1950s | 543 | #917 |
| 1960s | 434 | #1,000 |
| 1970s | 337 | #1,269 |
| 1980s | 421 | #1,246 |
| 1990s | 610 | #1,395 |
| 2000s | 1,555 | #954 |
| 2010s | 3,936 | #538 |
| 2020s | 2,132 | #599 |
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Questions
- Is Edison a boy or girl name?
- Edison is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Edison were boys.
- How popular is the name Edison?
- 276 baby boys were named Edison in the US in 2025, making it the 867th most popular boy name.
- When was Edison most popular?
- Edison peaked in 2018, when 522 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #538, held for 2 years starting in 1917.
- How many people are named Edison?
- 12,738 babies have been named Edison in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,126 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Edison most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Edison was most common in North Dakota, at 1.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.