Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Edel

Gender

Male

Origin

Germanic
Brave

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Edel

Pronunciation

e-del

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2005 (rank #4058, 22 births); most recent 2025 (rank #6446, 13 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1917 (rank #3344, 8 births); most recent 2018 (rank #13787, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202513–
202411–
202315–
202210–
202112–
202012–
201912–
2018126
201715–
20167–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #3125, 4 births); most recent 2014 (rank #5682, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #3708, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #3678, 6 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4422, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023–4
2022––
20215–
2020–3
2019–6
2018–3
2017–5
201644
2015––
201436

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1982 (rank #37, 236 births); most recent 2017 (rank #872, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20173
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1997 (rank #161, 12 births); most recent 2008 (rank #439, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence