How Many People Are Named Edgar?
people named Edgar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,625 people in the US has this name
Based on 157,919 babies named Edgar in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,459 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and gar "spear". This was the name of a 10th-century English king, Edgar the Peaceful. The name did not survive long after the Norman conquest, but it was revived in the 18th century, in part due to a character by this name in Sir Walter Scott's novel 'The Bride of Lammermoor' (1819), which tells of the tragic love between Edgar Ravenswood and Lucy Ashton. Famous bearers include author and poet Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), French impressionist painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917), and author Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Edgar (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Edgar alive today is about 35 years old, and 49% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 45 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Edgar first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2005, to 2,459 babies. In 2025, 617 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Edgar never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #51, in 1881, and it was in the top 100 for 46 years, 1880 to 1925. In 2025 it ranked #486.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #486 |
| Best rank | #51 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | 46 (1880 to 1925) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #177 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Edgar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Edgar were born in California than in any other state: about 27,993 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Edgar was given 2.2 times as often in California, 1.9 times in Texas and 1.6 times in Arizona.
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