Name profile

Ed

Short form of Edward, Edmund and other names beginning with Ed.

PronunciationEnglish /ˈɛd/; Dutch /ˈɛt/
Usage languagesDutch, English
US rank (2024)#8,312

Meaning and history

Ed is a short form of Edward, Edmund, and other names beginning with Ed.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20052005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 12 births, rank #6,460
2007: 12 births, rank #6,622
2008: 9 births, rank #8,324
2009: 15 births, rank #5,800
20102010: 14 births, rank #6,036
2011: 9 births, rank #8,079
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 7 births, rank #9,655
2014: 6 births, rank #10,717
20152015: 8 births, rank #8,744
2016: 8 births, rank #8,816
2017: 7 births, rank #9,696
2018: 11 births, rank #7,136
2019: 9 births, rank #8,215
20202020: no US SSA record for this spelling
2021: 8 births, rank #8,825
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
2023: 5 births, rank #12,239
20242024: 9 births, rank #8,312

Ed moved from #791 to #923 for boys between 1971 and 1972. Its highest annual birth count came in 1959, with 696 births.