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Edan

#3,261 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Alternate transcription of Idan

Edan has been given to 1,713 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #3,261 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 68 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Edan, 2025

1 in 92,100

Edan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Edan over time

In 2025, Edan went to 14% girls and 86% boys.

19682025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Edan: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Idan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Edan means

Edan is a alternate transcription of Idan.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Edan → Idan. The family’s meaning is “era”, recorded in the naming reference for Idan.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Idan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,533 boys were recorded with the name Edan between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 68 in 2009; its best national rank was #2,037 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,772 in 2020 to #3,261 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,463 in 2015 to #3,261 in 2025.

In the United States, 180 girls were recorded with the name Edan between 1992 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2003; its best national rank was #6,967 in 2003.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #12,148 in 2015 to #13,660 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Edan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 92,100
36 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 47,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,261
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
63,832 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Edan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 63,832 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Edan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Edans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Edan was born before 2009 — so the typical Edan is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
32.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
76.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,533
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 32.5% of all recorded uses (498).

Is Edan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−141
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−489
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−798
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
52.9%
Peak was 2009 (68)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,037
2009

Spellings of Edan

Edan is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 17.5% against Edan's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Edan is used

Across 1910–2025, Edan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 114,602 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3New York1 in 100,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 100,000
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Edan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Edan around the world

Where Edan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,798
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2002–2023
    #728
    in 2023
  • Northern Ireland
    2019–2019
    #418
    in 2019
  • Ireland
    2005–2015
    #699
    in 2015
  • France
    2001–2025
    #1,821
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1969–2011
    #487
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Edan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,261
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 489
Best rank ever
#2,037
2009
Peak year
2009
68 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,533
Count in 2025
36

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,660
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#6,967
2003
Peak year
2003
16 that year
First recorded
1992
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
180
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Edan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

IdanJadanEidanEydanEdahiAedanKaidanZidanJaidanKadanLandanBohdanAydanBogdanKaydanJaydanZaydanCadanJourdanBraydanZaidanAldanHamdanCaidan

Sibling names for Edan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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