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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #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 1917

girls
#20
8,422 births · 1 in 128 girls
boys
#1,396
25 births · 1 in 37,019 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #20Edna8,422

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #1,396Edna25
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 128 of them was named Edna, which outranked 99.6% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edna
  1. #17Irene9,163
  2. #18Catherine8,689
  3. #19Louise8,584
  4. #20Edna8,422
  5. #21Josephine8,326
  6. #22Martha8,261
  7. #23Gladys8,075
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 37,019 of them was named Edna, which outranked 69.7% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edna
  1. #1,362Von26
  2. #1,362Wilhelm26
  3. #1,362Yukio26
  4. #1,396Edna25
  5. #1,396Adolfo25
  6. #1,396Alcide25
  7. #1,396Alice25
  8. #1,437Adelard24
  9. #1,437Allyn24
  10. #1,437Almer24

Tied with 40 names at #1,396; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917