Edilson
Meaning
Brazilian "-son" coinage of the 1960s and 70s; sibling of Adilson and Gilson in the first home-grown wave
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Edilson has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Popularity in Brazil
112,097 people · the #290 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,812 · median age 46
Among people named Edilson living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 269 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
See Edilson in official records · Spain, Mexico City and Argentina
Spain
200 residents · #4,648 among men · mean age 43.8
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart.
Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Mexico City City, not national
Not on the 2022 city record (small counts are withheld at source) · charted as share per 10,000 name registrations where observed
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded.
Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Argentina
Not on the 2024 record (small counts are withheld at source) · charted as share per 10,000 name registrations where observed
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published.
Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Not on the record in Puerto Rico: that registry withholds small counts, so rare uses may sit below its floor.
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