[3] The haircut first became popular in US border states in the Southwest such as Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
[5] The Edgar hairstyle is usually characterized as the front hair having straight fringes, or bangs, along with the sides tapered.
[7] The origin for the name Edgar is unconfirmed, although it is often misattributed to having been named after former Seattle Mariners baseball player Edgar Martínez in early 2019.
A professor at the University of Texas at El Paso noted in 2023 that the teen popularity of the styles makes it "a really big marker of this generation",[16] whereas a barber from Corpus Christi, Texas called the hairstyle "not a favorite amongst parents".
[18][19] In one instance, a restaurant owner in San Antonio, Texas banned the Edgar.