Variant of Edward: Wealthy guardian. From the Old English name Eadweard, meaning rich or happy, and guardian. Famous bearer: King Edward the Elder, son of Alfred the Great; Edward VIII, who abdicated in 1936 to be with the divorced woman he loved.
| Year | Rank | Trend | +/- | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 291 | -16 | 1221 | |
| 2016 | 275 | -24 | 1324 | |
| 2015 | 251 | +10 | 1446 | |
| 2014 | 261 | -40 | 1429 | |
| 2013 | 221 | -16 | 1689 | |
| 2012 | 205 | -20 | 1858 | |
| 2011 | 185 | -31 | 2082 | |
| 2010 | 154 | -26 | 2544 | |
| 2009 | 128 | +14 | 3335 | |
| 2008 | 142 | +1 | 2870 | |
| 2007 | 143 | -17 | 2844 | |
| 2006 | 126 | +3 | 3316 | |
| 2005 | 129 | -3 | 3179 | |
| 2004 | 126 | +3 | 3201 | |
| 2003 | 129 | +4 | 3118 | |
| 2002 | 133 | -21 | 2957 | |
| 2001 | 112 | +12 | 3417 | |
| 2000 | 124 | +21 | 3157 | |
| 1999 | 145 | 0 | 2630 | |
| 1998 | 145 | -5 | 2485 | |
| 1997 | 140 | -17 | 2624 | |
| 1996 | 123 | -6 | 3016 | |
| 1995 | 117 | -4 | 3152 | |
| 1994 | 113 | +12 | 3276 | |
| 1993 | 125 | +7 | 2794 | |
| 1992 | 132 | -3 | 2561 | |
| 1991 | 129 | +20 | 2521 | |
| 1990 | 149 | +7 | 2159 | |
| 1989 | 156 | +41 | 1937 | |
| 1988 | 197 | +24 | 1384 | |
| 1987 | 221 | +8 | 1078 | |
| 1986 | 229 | -6 | 1022 | |
| 1985 | 223 | +1 | 1050 | |
| 1984 | 224 | +7 | 1004 | |
| 1983 | 231 | +3 | 972 | |
| 1982 | 234 | +4 | 998 | |
| 1981 | 238 | -11 | 944 | |
| 1980 | 227 | +5 | 1050 | |
| 1979 | 232 | -15 | 966 | |
| 1978 | 217 | +8 | 999 | |
| 1977 | 225 | -12 | 959 | |
| 1976 | 213 | +31 | 994 | |
| 1975 | 244 | +4 | 845 | |
| 1974 | 248 | -10 | 810 | |
| 1973 | 238 | +35 | 890 | |
| 1972 | 273 | +11 | 711 | |
| 1971 | 284 | -7 | 735 | |
| 1970 | 277 | +14 | 757 | |
| 1969 | 291 | +18 | 668 | |
| 1968 | 309 | +18 | 595 | |
| 1967 | 327 | +1 | 526 | |
| 1966 | 328 | +1 | 525 | |
| 1965 | 329 | +30 | 523 | |
| 1964 | 359 | +19 | 473 | |
| 1963 | 378 | -7 | 446 | |
| 1962 | 371 | +41 | 474 | |
| 1961 | 412 | 0 | 369 | |
| 1960 | 412 | +40 | 370 | |
| 1959 | 452 | -9 | 316 | |
| 1958 | 443 | +42 | 314 | |
| 1957 | 485 | +11 | 261 | |
| 1956 | 496 | -24 | 234 | |
| 1955 | 472 | +44 | 241 | |
| 1954 | 516 | +12 | 200 | |
| 1953 | 528 | +6 | 181 | |
| 1952 | 534 | -15 | 174 | |
| 1951 | 519 | +38 | 173 | |
| 1950 | 557 | +13 | 148 | |
| 1949 | 570 | +34 | 139 | |
| 1948 | 604 | +44 | 126 | |
| 1947 | 648 | -66 | 113 | |
| 1946 | 582 | +43 | 121 | |
| 1945 | 625 | +27 | 94 | |
| 1944 | 652 | +23 | 91 | |
| 1943 | 675 | +138 | 91 | |
| 1942 | 813 | -104 | 63 | |
| 1941 | 709 | +64 | 76 | |
| 1940 | 773 | -57 | 64 | |
| 1939 | 716 | -4 | 70 | |
| 1938 | 712 | -35 | 74 | |
| 1937 | 677 | +8 | 78 | |
| 1936 | 685 | +8 | 75 | |
| 1935 | 693 | -73 | 76 | |
| 1934 | 620 | +144 | 93 | |
| 1933 | 764 | -84 | 64 | |
| 1932 | 680 | -56 | 81 | |
| 1931 | 624 | -14 | 91 | |
| 1930 | 610 | +11 | 101 | |
| 1929 | 621 | -88 | 96 | |
| 1928 | 533 | +170 | 129 | |
| 1927 | 703 | +37 | 85 | |
| 1926 | 740 | +48 | 75 | |
| 1925 | 788 | -9 | 70 | |
| 1924 | 779 | -66 | 75 | |
| 1923 | 713 | -65 | 83 | |
| 1922 | 648 | +266 | 99 | |
| 1921 | 914 | +17 | 59 | |
| 1920 | 931 | 0 | 55 | |
| 1919 | 931 | +58 | 52 | |
| 1918 | 989 | 46 | ||
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| 1914 | 971 | 33 | ||
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| 1911 | 869 | 15 | ||
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| 1909 | 855 | -13 | 12 | |
| 1908 | 842 | +102 | 11 | |
| 1907 | 944 | +8 | 9 | |
| 1906 | 952 | 8 | ||
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| 1901 | 693 | +107 | 10 | |
| 1900 | 800 | 11 | ||
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| 1896 | 921 | 7 | ||
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| 1894 | 575 | +280 | 13 | |
| 1893 | 855 | 7 | ||
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| 1890 | 638 | 10 | ||
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