Edmond

Meaning: Prosperous protector
Origin: Variant of Edmund (from Old English)

Boy's name · #2011 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Edmond — on the books since 1880, #2011 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 25,000 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 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#776 in France (2025) · #1,402 in Belgium (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #1,646 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,491 in England & Wales (2025) · #840 in Canada (2024).

Famous Edmonds

Edmond Halley — English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
Edmond Rostand — French poet and dramatist (1868–1918)
Edmond de Goncourt — French writer and critic (1822–1896)
Edmond H. Fischer — American biochemist (1920–2021)
Edmond Debeaumarché — French Resistance member

In stories & tradition

Edmond Dantès — The Count of Monte Cristo (book)
Edmond (E. Honda) — Street Fighter (video game series)
Edmond Wells^es — Empire of the Ants (book)

What Edmonds become

Among 1,496 notable people named Edmond:

Lawyers & judges appear 2.1× more often than among typical names — e.g. Edmond Picard, Belgian jurist, writer (1836–1924).

Similar names: Edmund · Guy · Edson · Aubrey · Erwin · Oswald

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