Edison

What Edison means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Edison yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #635 in 2015 to #867 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Edison?

US: Falling: down from #635 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #438 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 522 boys got the name (#538 that year). First in the US records in 1891.

How common

• About 1 in 6,189 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MN (0.69 per 1,000 boys), WI (0.47 per 1,000 boys), UT (0.41 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Edison is #867 in the US and #507 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Edison were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Addison62 US · 14 E&W
• Eddison22 US · 33 E&W
• Edisson8 US
• Adison8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Edison

Boys

• Karter#270Variant of Carter, meaning “son of Arthur”^*
• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*
• Jayce#167Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #167 vs #822 in 2025
• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
• Easton#110“east + settlement”^*
• Greyson#149Variant of Grayson, meaning “steward”^*

For a sister

• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Mila#43Editor’s note Up from #53 in 2015 to #43 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 340 US girls in the 2025 records
• Penelope#22possibly “duck”^*
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Stella#52“star”^*
• Cora#113“maiden”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Edison’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.