Names / Boy names
Edel
Current rank
#6,556
holding steady
All-time peak
#4,096
in 2005
First recorded
1906
in U.S. data
Children named
556
since 1906
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #4,096 in 2005 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(AY-dəl / EE-dəl): Noble-sounding and crisp. Stateside, it makes its debut in 1906. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 556 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.