Name Awesome

Edel

#6,552 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

English equivalent of Ethel

Edel has been given to 556 babies in the U.S. since 1973. In 2025 it ranked #6,552 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2005, with 22 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Edel, 2025

1 in 255,000

Edel over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010203018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Edel over time

In 2025, Edel went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19062025

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.

Edel: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Ethel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Edel means

Edel is a English equivalent of Ethel.

Origin, language, and formation

Edel is used in Danish and Norwegian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ethel.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 503 boys were recorded with the name Edel between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 22 in 2005; its best national rank was #4,091 in 2005.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,736 in 2020 to #6,552 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,640 in 2015 to #6,552 in 2025.

In the United States, 53 girls were recorded with the name Edel between 1906 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1917; its best national rank was #1,794 in 1906.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Edel?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 131,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,552
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Edel 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 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Edel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Edels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Edel was born before 2006 — so the typical Edel is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
32.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
70.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
503
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 32.6% of all recorded uses (164).

Is Edel 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
+829
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+184
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,088
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.30×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
59.1%
Peak was 2005 (22)
Years since peak
20
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,091
2005

Spellings of Edel

Edel is not the most common spelling — Earl is, with 26.3% against Edel's 0.05%.

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 Edel is used

Across 1910–2025, Edel was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 697,640 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 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. Edel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Edel around the world

Where Edel 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.

  • France
    2008–2025
    #4,471
    in 2025

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Edel by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,552
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 184
Best rank ever
#4,091
2005
Peak year
2005
22 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
503
Count in 2025
13

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,794
1906
Peak year
1917
8 that year
First recorded
1906
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
53
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Edel

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

EdemEderAdelAbdelYidelEdersonFadelEdenRaudelOdelRaydelAudelRondelCordelDelMandelLyndelWendelEdelmiroEdensLindelEdellKendelMendel

Sibling names for Edel

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

Explore around Edel

Top names of 2005, Edel's peak yearThe 2000s in fullOther names that peaked in 2005Boys' names starting with EShort Danish Girl Names