Edmond

“Variant of Edmund — Prosperous protector” — Old English origin

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

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.

Around the world: about 1 in 5,100 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 6,100 boys in France (2025) · about 1 in 8,900 boys in Belgium (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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
Edmond (E. Honda) — Street Fighter
Edmond Wells — Empire of the Ants · The Empire of the Angels

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 · Raleigh · Edson · Guy · Oswald · Erwin

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