Edger
An edge trimmer or lawn edger is a garden tool, either manual or motorised, to form distinct boundaries between a lawn, typically consisting of a grass, or other soft botanical ground cover, and another ground surface feature such as a paved, concreted or asphalted area, or a granular material such as sand or gravel, or simply uncovered soil, for example an unbounded garden.
Meaning & Origin of Edger
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
An edge trimmer or lawn edger is a garden tool, either manual or motorised, to form distinct boundaries between a lawn, typically consisting of a grass, or other soft botanical ground cover, and another ground surface feature such as a paved, concreted or asphalted area, or a granular material such as sand or gravel, or simply uncovered soil, for example an unbounded garden.
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Origin & history
The Story of Edger
Edger first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1900, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1929: 17 births, good for #1,848 nationwide. About 28% of every Edger on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Edger last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 420 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Edger
Edger is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1900 and has accumulated 420 births in the dataset. Edger's peak popularity came in 1929 when it ranked #1,848. Use the chart and map above to compare Edger'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 .
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