Quick answers about Ed
How many people are named Ed?
An estimated 7,384 living Americans are named Ed.
How rare is Ed?
Ed fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Ed?
The median age of a living American named Ed is approximately 65 years, with most bearers falling between 60 and 70 years old.
Is Ed still popular?
Not especially. Ed has been declining since its 1959 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Ed most common?
Ed has its strongest geographic signal in Mississippi, where it appears 5.4× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Ed is most concentrated in Mississippi — about 3.9× the national rate in the 1920s.
States where Ed is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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