Meaning and history
From an English surname meaning either “son of Eda” or “son of Adam,” this name is associated with the American inventor Thomas Edison (1847–1931).
20062006: 195 births, rank #954
2007: 202 births, rank #971
2008: 182 births, rank #1,041
2009: 194 births, rank #1,011
2010: 229 births, rank #894
20112011: 292 births, rank #768
2012: 304 births, rank #751
2013: 366 births, rank #661
2014: 361 births, rank #692
2015: 420 births, rank #635
20162016: 481 births, rank #576
2017: 495 births, rank #555
2018: 522 births, rank #538
2019: 466 births, rank #594
2020: 458 births, rank #599
20212021: 452 births, rank #616
2022: 347 births, rank #741
2023: 297 births, rank #823
2024: 302 births, rank #826
20252025: 276 births, rank #867
Edison moved from #827 to #870 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2018, with 522 births.