Edgar

“Rich spear” — Old English origin

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

Edgar has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #50 (1881) · 157,214 babies named Edgar all-time · 1 in 2,800 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,400 boys in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 2,000 boys in Sweden (2025) · about 1 in 2,100 boys in France (2025).

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

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)

Edgar (High Evolutionary) — Thor
Edgar Bones — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix · Wizarding World Digital
Edgar Stiles — 24

Among 2,537 notable people named Edgar:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.59× more often than among typical names — e.g. Edgar Julius Jung, German jurist and essayist (1894-1934).

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