Edric
A masculine name of Anglo-Saxon origin meaning "prosperous ruler".
Name Census estimates that about 1,633 living Americans carry the first name Edric. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Edric today is around 23 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Edric births was 2018 (137 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Edric. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Edric with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
1.6K
~ 1 in 209,892 Americans
Peak year
2018
137 babies that year
Average age
23
years old
2024 SSA rank
#2,097
Tracked since 1914
Census
Edric in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,243 people with the first name Edric, which placed it at #10,626 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#10,626
National first-name rank
People counted
1.2K
1,243 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
32.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Edric
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Edric is Black at 32.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (25.9%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (19.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Edric described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Edric at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American32.0% · 398
- Hispanic or Latino25.9% · 322
- Asian and Pacific Islander19.2% · 239
- White17.5% · 218
- Two or more races4.7% · 59
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.6% · 7
Popularity
Edric: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Edric from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 10 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 508 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Edric remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Edric by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Edric during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Edrics live
The SSA's state-level files cover 8 states and territories. California, Texas, New York recorded the most babies named Edric, while New Mexico, New Jersey, Illinois recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 57 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Edric
The name Edric is an old Germanic name with origins dating back to the 5th century. It derives from the Proto-Germanic elements "aud" meaning wealth or fortune, and "ric" meaning ruler or power. The name could therefore be interpreted as meaning "prosperous ruler" or "wealthy power."
The earliest recorded examples of the name come from Anglo-Saxon England in the 6th and 7th centuries. During this period, it was a relatively common name among the nobility and ruling classes. One of the first recorded bearers of the name was Edric the Wild, an Anglo-Saxon earl who lived in the late 10th/early 11th century and played a prominent role in the struggles between the Anglo-Saxons and the invading Danes.
Another notable figure in history with the name Edric was Edric of Streona, an Anglo-Saxon ealdorman and political schemer who betrayed the English king Edmund Ironside in favor of the Danish king Cnut the Great in the early 11th century. His treachery was seen as a contributing factor in the Danish conquest of England.
In the 12th century, there was Edric the Wild, a Breton knight and mercenary who fought for King Henry II of England during the Angevin civil war. He earned his nickname for his ferocity in battle and his unruly behavior.
Moving into the 13th century, Edric of Haustede was a prominent English landowner and crusader who participated in the Sixth Crusade to the Holy Land in 1228-1229. He was captured and held for ransom by Egyptian forces during this campaign.
Lastly, in the 15th century, there was Edric Tudor, an illegitimate son of Owen Tudor and the Welsh princess Catherine of Valois. He served as a courtier and soldier under the Lancastrian kings of England during the Wars of the Roses.
While the name fell out of widespread use after the medieval period, it has maintained a presence in English literature and historical fiction, often associated with characters from Anglo-Saxon or early Norman times. Its meaning and linguistic origins continue to be studied by scholars of Germanic languages and onomastics.
People
Edric + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Edric as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with E
Other first names starting with E with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Edric: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Edric?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,633 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Edric going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 209,892 US residents.
Is Edric a common name?
We classify Edric as "Rare". It ranks above 92.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,696 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Edric most popular?
The single biggest year for Edric was 2018, when 137 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Edric is about 23 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Edric in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,243 people with the name Edric, or 0.41 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #10,626 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Edric in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Edric?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Edric appears almost entirely male. Of the 1,243 people counted with this name, 99.4% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Edric?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Edric is Black at 32.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (25.9%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (19.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Edric most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Edric in the 2020 Census, accounting for 32.0% (398 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Edric in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Edric a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Edric in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Edric still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Edric in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Edric can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Edric?
If you just want to know how many people have the name Edric, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.