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How popular is the name Edmund?
Births per year, rank history and how many Edmunds are alive today.
Edmund (male), once a common boys' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 650th in 2025 with 56 given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1904, when around 1,000 babies were given the name, the 76th most popular that year. It has declined since 1904; the 2025 figure is roughly 6% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 37,000 babies have been named Edmund in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Edmund is one spelling of a name also recorded as Edmond; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Edmund you are most likely to meet is around 71 years old. Half of all Edmunds born in England and Wales are between 47 and 77, and there are at least 13,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 4.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Edmund.
How many babies are named Edmund each year?
Includes all spellings: Edmund, Edmond. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Edmund spelling rank?
Where does the Edmond spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Edmund most popular?
Edmund peaked in 1904, when around 1,000 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Edmund?
At least 13,000 people named Edmund in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Edmund?
Most living Edmunds are between 47 and 77; the most common age is about 71.
Is Edmund becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1904 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.