Edgar

Meaning: Rich spear
Origin: Old English

Nicknames: Eddie, Eddy

Boy's name · #486 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Edgar — on the books since 1880, #486 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 157,000 boys share it. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 37 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#152 in Mexico (2024) · #185 in Ecuador (2025) · #310 in Sweden (2025) · #325 in Poland (2025) · #340 in Norway (2025) · #346 in France (2025) · #346 in Belgium (2025) · #606 in Austria (2025) · #820 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,282 in England & Wales (2025) · #642 in Canada (2024).

Famous Edgars

Edgar Allan Poe — American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
Edgar Degas — French Impressionist artist (1834–1917)
Edgar de Wahl — Estonian teacher and linguist (1867–1948)
Edgar Rice Burroughs — American writer (1875–1950)
Edgar Douglas Adrian — English electrophysiologist (1889–1977)

In stories & tradition

Edgar Bones — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (book)
Edgar Stiles — 24 (TV series)

What Edgars become

Among 2,594 notable people named Edgar:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.57× more often than among typical names — e.g. Edgar Julius Jung, German jurist and essayist (1894–1934).

Spellings & nicknames

About 290 boys a year are given Eddie as their full name and 110 Eddy.

Similar names: Adair · Marshall · Edwin · Lewis · Oscar · Eddie

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