girls:
207 births since 2003
#5509 (4th percentile)
boys:
11.9k births since 1891
#1053 (77th percentile)
overall:
12.1k births since 1891
#2386 (69th percentile)
The name Edison is the #2,386 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12,147 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 69.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 69.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,053 (77.0% percentile) for all time with 11,940 births since 1891. For girls, it ranks #5,509 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 207 births since 2003.
Edison first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (1891 for boys and 2003 for girls). Birth data for Edison is available in 131 out of the 133 years between 1891 and 2023 (131 years for boys and 16 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Edison has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Edison reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 46.5% percentile (ranked #489) with 269 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 269 births per million (ranked 46.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Edison ranks #631 for boys (30.8% percentile) with 159 births per million, which is 59.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Edison reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #934) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Edison ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 36.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Edison".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Edison. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.6% confident that Edison is pronounced as EH-dih-suhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-duh-suhn, at 28.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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