Edgardo
A masculine given name of Spanish origin meaning "prosperous guardian".
Name Census estimates that about 5,654 living Americans carry the first name Edgardo. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Edgardo today is around 36 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Edgardo births was 1992 (225 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Edgardo. 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.
People living today
5.7K
~ 1 in 60,622 Americans
Peak year
1992
225 babies that year
Average age
36
years old
2024 SSA rank
#2,953
Tracked since 1934
Census
Edgardo in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 14,116 people with the first name Edgardo, which placed it at #1,967 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
#1,967
National first-name rank
People counted
14K
14,116 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
4.7
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
77.6% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Edgardo
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Edgardo is Hispanic at 77.6%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (20.5%) and White (1.3%). 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 Edgardo 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 Edgardo at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino77.6% · 10,952
- Asian and Pacific Islander20.5% · 2,887
- White1.3% · 181
- Black or African American0.4% · 53
- Two or more races0.2% · 34
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.1% · 9
Popularity
Edgardo: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Edgardo from the 1930s through to the 2020s, spanning 10 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 1,640 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Edgardo 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 Edgardo during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Edgardos live
The SSA's state-level files cover 13 states and territories. California, New York, Texas recorded the most babies named Edgardo, while Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 349 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Edgardo
The name Edgardo is derived from the Old English name Eadgar, which is composed of the elements "ead" meaning "rich" or "prosperous" and "gar" meaning "spear." It dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period in England, around the 7th to 11th centuries AD.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name is King Edgar the Peaceful, who ruled England from 959 to 975 AD. He played a significant role in unifying the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and promoting monastic reform.
In the 11th century, the name appeared in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, an important historical record of events in Anglo-Saxon England. It was also found in various medieval manuscripts and charters from that period.
The name Edgardo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the Old English name Eadgar. It gained popularity in these regions during the Middle Ages, likely due to the influence of English and Norman nobility.
One notable bearer of the name was Edgardo da Vinea, an Italian jurist and diplomat who served as the chancellor to the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in the 13th century.
In the 16th century, Edgardo Mortara was an Italian Jewish boy who was forcibly taken from his family and raised as a Catholic, causing an international controversy known as the "Mortara Affair."
In the 19th century, Edgardo Donato was an Italian painter and engraver known for his landscapes and architectural scenes.
Another famous Edgardo was Edgardo Poe, a Puerto Rican writer, journalist, and political activist who played a significant role in the island's independence movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Edgardo Bauza, an Argentine football player and manager, had a successful career in the late 20th century, representing his country in the 1986 FIFA World Cup and later coaching several national and club teams.
Notable bearers
Famous people named Edgardo
People
Edgardo + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Edgardo 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
Edgardo: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Edgardo?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 5,654 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Edgardo 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 60,622 US residents.
Is Edgardo a common name?
We classify Edgardo as "Rare". It ranks above 96.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 5,987 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Edgardo most popular?
The single biggest year for Edgardo was 1992, when 225 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Edgardo is about 36 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Edgardo in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 14,116 people with the name Edgardo, or 4.67 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #1,967 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 Edgardo 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 Edgardo?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Edgardo appears almost entirely male. Of the 14,106 people counted with this name, 99.9% 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 Edgardo?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Edgardo is Hispanic at 77.6%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (20.5%) and White (1.3%). 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 Edgardo most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Edgardo in the 2020 Census, accounting for 77.6% (10,952 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 Edgardo in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Edgardo a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Edgardo 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 Edgardo still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Edgardo 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 Edgardo 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 are called Edgardo?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.