Edgar
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About Edgar
Edgar is an Old English name historically associated with the tenth century English king known as Edgar the Peaceful. There was also a King Edgar of Scotland.
Edgar has been a stalwart on the US popular names lists, not dipping below the Top 400 until 2022, and is especially popular (as is Edgardo) with Latino families.
Edgar plays a key role in King Lear and has had several distinguished namesakes, including artist Degas, Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, and author and poet Edgar Allan Poe. In terms of style, however, most would rate it a distant third to Edward and Edmund.
Trivia tidbit: Joan Rivers' daughter Melissa named her son Edgar after her father, but he is called by his middle name Cooper.
As of October 2026, Edgar ranked #486 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #51 in 1881, Nameberry popularity #534.
Editor's take: The name Edgar is a boy's name of English origin meaning "wealthy spearman".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #302 | 1,180 | 614.3 |
| 2015 | #317 | 1,114 | 581.2 |
| 2016 | #342 | 1,013 | 533.8 |
| 2017 | #356 | 939 | 507.3 |
| 2018 | #356 | 925 | 509.3 |
| 2019 | #386 | 812 | 452.6 |
| 2020 | #391 | 789 | 457.1 |
| 2021 | #411 | 758 | 433.3 |
| 2022 | #418 | 774 | 443.3 |
| 2023 | #436 | 714 | 417.4 |
| 2024 | #457 | 679 | 394.1 |
| 2025 | #486 | 617 | 361.2 |
World rankings
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Famous Edgars
- Edgar S. Prado
Peruvian,American jockey
- Edgar the Peaceful
King of England
- Edgar
King of Scotland
- Edgar the Aetheling
disputed King of England
- Edgar Allan Poe
American fiction writer and poet
- (Hilaire
Germain,)Edgar Degas, French Impressionist painter
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
American novelist; creator of Tarzan
- (John) Edgar Hoover
American FBI director
- Edgar Cayce
American psychic
- Edgar Holland Winter
American rock and blues musician
- Edgar Wright
English film director
- Joseph Edgar Foreman aka Afroman
American rapper
- Edgar Douglas Adrian
Lord Adrian, British physiologist
- Edgar Speyer
1st Baronet, American,British financier
- Edgar Hansen
American reality TV personality ("Deadliest Catch")
- Edgar John Bergen
American ventriloquist
- Edgar Enrique Renteria (Herazo)
Colombian baseball player
- Edgar Patrício de Carvalho Pacheco
Portuguese footballer
- Edgar Thomas Towner
Australian Victoria Cross recipient
- Edgar Steven Davids
Surinamese,Dutch footballer
- Edgar Miles Bronfman
Canadian billionaire philanthropist
- Edgar Cooper Endicott
son of TV personality Melissa Rivers, grandson of Joan Rivers
- Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman
b. 2009, son of rapper M.I.A.
Edgar in pop culture
- Edgar
a family band
- Edgar
a main character in Shakespeare's King Lear
- Edgar
a cow in Achievement Hunter's "Lets Play Minecraft" series.
- Edgar
character in video game "Final Fantasy VI"
- Edgar
butler in Disney's "The AristoCats"
- Edgar Linton
Catherine's husband in Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights"
- Edgar Saul
character in "A Certain Man" by Oliver Onions
- Edgar Roy
character on TV's "King & Maxwell"
- Edgar Clinton
main character in G. A. Henty's, The Dash for Khartoum
- Edgar Gore
character in animated movie "Frankenweenie"
- Edgar Huntly
character in "Memoirs of a Sleepwalker" by Charles Brockden Brown
- Edgar Frog
character in "The Lost Boys" movie series
- Edgar
character on TV's "Heroes"
- Edgar Ormskirk
main character in G. A. Henty's, A March on London
- Edgar Badlock
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- Edgar Allen Pug
youtuber Pewdiepie's dog
Variations & nicknames
- EdgarditoSpanish
- EdgardoSpanish
- EadgarFrench
- EdgardHungarian