Edgard
Edgard is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Edgard
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Edgard is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Edgard
Edgard first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1925, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1992: 43 births, good for #1,884 nationwide. About 26% of every Edgard on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Edgard last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Edgard
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About the name Edgard
Edgard is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Edgard's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #1,884. Use the chart and map above to compare Edgard's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.