Edna

#2,458 for girls in 2025, 72 births · Last seen for boys in 1974 at #5,227
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1899 · 2,534 births
Debut · girls
588 births
In top 100 · girls
63 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
295,116
since 1880

Edna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #11, 1899girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,45872
2024#2,04095
2023#1,922103
2022#2,12390
2021#2,08591
2020#2,07888
2019#2,23182
2018#1,692122
2017#2,40175
2016#2,26984
2015#2,29481
2014#2,09692
2013#2,00297
2012#2,02895
2011#1,968100
2010#1,959102
2009#1,989104
2008#1,880113
2007#1,635136
2006#1,878108
2005#1,553131
2004#1,459139
2003#1,498130
2002#1,500126
2001#1,295149
2000#1,456126
1999#1,482116
1998#1,330132
1997#1,273138
1996#1,269137
1995#1,279131
1994#1,184149
1993#1,063171
1992#1,021184
1991#910212
1990#924206
1989#809236
1988#1,053151
1987#882192
1986#917175
1985#809203
1984#778207
1983#725229
1982#761217
1981#655270
1980#642284
1979#612289
1978#622271
1977#564311
1976#588277
1975#548313
1974#532315#5,2275
1973#504341
1972#462402
1971#459444
1970#466448
1969#450456
1968#424499
1967#376581
1966#342680
1965#340711#3,9305
1964#340790
1963#324852#3,3187
1962#294981
1961#2861,043#3,3567
1960#2711,105
1959#2561,181
1958#2441,227#2,8189
1957#2411,240
1956#2051,550
1955#2041,524#2,7649
1954#1891,679
1953#1901,615#3,4256
1952#1771,746
1951#1701,803
1950#1571,853
1949#1422,173#1,94115
1948#1392,096#3,3166
1947#1312,417#2,49810
1946#1262,280
1945#1192,152#3,3385
1944#1122,394
1943#1062,753#1,63619
1942#992,764#2,04213
1941#892,835#1,99713
1940#862,835#2,32210
1939#812,904#1,79515
1938#823,080#1,61318
1937#743,223#1,52820
1936#713,305#1,54019
1935#673,420#1,35425
1934#553,809#1,55120
1933#553,730#1,77016
1932#504,279#1,46523
1931#524,461#1,48922
1930#514,762#1,60221
1929#514,931#1,61121
1928#455,473#1,44826
1927#406,086#1,16338
1926#386,396#1,72020
1925#376,781#1,42527
1924#317,408#1,49226
1923#327,299#2,77210
1922#297,622#1,76520
1921#278,302#1,22635
1920#278,331#1,50525
1919#228,404#1,69520
1918#238,698#1,23132
1917#208,422#1,39625
1916#198,625#1,26528
1915#208,144#1,37224
1914#196,289#1,60815
1913#185,558#1,36515
1912#165,136#93523
1911#173,957#1,03811
1910#183,664#75516
1909#163,429#61519
1908#173,365#63217
1907#153,301#69914
1906#153,011#9278
1905#152,953#66613
1904#152,762#64713
1903#152,667#8468
1902#132,754#68711
1901#132,488#7279
1900#123,102#69913
1899#112,534#52114
1898#122,813#1,1215
1897#122,567#68110
1896#132,604
1895#142,560
1894#152,458#9546
1893#142,378#65010
1892#182,218#64111
1891#181,963#7008
1890#181,973#56612
1889#181,815#7228
1888#221,687#1,0315
1887#241,339
1886#231,314#7587
1885#301,077
1884#36957#8486
1883#41823#7996
1882#39783#6529
1881#39637#8665
1880#45588
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Edna was already there! It came in at #45, and was given to 588 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2019–2025, when fewer than 110 girls a year got the name.

See more about Edna
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 418 spots since 2024 (#2,040#2,458)
  • 380 spots since 2020 (#2,078#2,458)
  • 164 spots since 2015 (#2,294#2,458)
  • Biggest jump: 244 spots in 1989 (#1,053#809)
  • Biggest drop: 171 spots in 1988 (#882#1,053)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1899 at #11 (2,534 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 58 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 63 yrs · run 1880–1942
  • Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1880–1987
Share of babies · girls
1 in 90
  • Highest: 1 in 90 girls born in 1893 were named Edna (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 22,323 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #11 in 1899, was only 1 in 92 (1.1%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.3% of all girls named Edna (68,629) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11,020#18 (1889)#32
1890s24,068#11 (1899)#15
1900s29,832#12 (1900)#15
1910s66,897#16 (1912)#19
1920s68,629#27 (1920)#36
1930s36,973#50 (1932)#64
1940s24,699#86 (1940)#115
1950s15,418#157 (1950)#203
1960s7,698#271 (1960)#345
1970s3,411#459 (1971)#536
1980s2,164#642 (1980)#803
1990s1,576#910 (1991)#1,174
2000s1,262#1,295 (2001)#1,614
2010s930#1,692 (2018)#2,094
2020s539#1,922 (2023)#2,118

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Edna in 1891

girls
#18
1,963 births · 1 in 94 girls
boys
#700
8 births · 1 in 12,649 boys

Top girls' names in 1891

  1. #1Mary11,704
  2. #2Anna5,099
  3. #3Margaret3,065
  4. #4Elizabeth3,059
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Florence2,716
  7. #7Ethel2,689
  8. #8Minnie2,428
  9. #9Helen2,417
  10. #10Bertha2,372
  11. #18Edna1,963

Top boys' names in 1891

  1. #1John7,680
  2. #2William6,763
  3. #3James4,516
  4. #4George3,931
  5. #5Charles3,640
  6. #6Frank2,652
  7. #7Joseph2,572
  8. #8Robert2,240
  9. #9Harry2,132
  10. #10Henry2,049
  11. #700Edna8
More about 1891

girls

185,482 girls got a published name in 1891; 1 in 94 of them was named Edna, which outranked 98.8% of the 1,533 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edna
  1. #15Mabel2,029
  2. #16Alice2,015
  3. #17Ida2,002
  4. #18Edna1,963
  5. #19Ruth1,857
  6. #20Lillian1,812
  7. #21Martha1,744
Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. 588Aurore#1,338#750
  2. 588Zelpha#1,338#750
  3. 499Leva#1,338#839
  4. 499Vira#1,338#839
  5. 483Sister#1,210#727
Fallers
  1. 574Prudie#758#1,332
  2. 571Delila#642#1,213
  3. 541Elmina#791#1,332
  4. 541Tinnie#791#1,332
  5. 520Dorcas#693#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 12,649 of them was named Edna, which outranked 37.9% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edna
  1. #635Travis9
  2. #635Unknown9
  3. #635Woodie9
  4. #700Edna8
  5. #700Addie8
  6. #700Ansel8
  7. #700Aron8
  8. #766Ace7
  9. #766Ada7
  10. #766Almon7

Tied with 65 names at #700; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. 487Colonel#884#397
  2. 470Mahlon#994#524
  3. 457Hezekiah#884#427
  4. 430Ruby#994#564
  5. 397Essie#994#597
Fallers
  1. 574Pierce#389#963
  2. 505Omar#458#963
  3. 452Benton#511#963
  4. 430Ivory#533#963
  5. 430Pleasant#533#963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1891