Edmund
Boy nameEdmund has been given to 52,143 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1923.
Meaning & origin /ˈɛdmənd/
From Old English Ēadmund, from ēad (“prosperity”) + mund (“protection”). Doublet of Eamon.
Origin: Old English
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
52,143
Peak year
1923 (1,145 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +15%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Edmund
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
Edmund Burke
Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)
Edmund Husserl
German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology (*1859 – †1938)
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Edmund.
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