Eda

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births

Peak · girls
1885 · 42 births
Debut · girls
22 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,208
since 1880

Eda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Eda has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #313, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,55422
2024#5,96220
2023#5,75221
2022#5,46523
2021#5,39823
2020#5,85020
2019#7,71614
2018#5,45423
2017#8,29913
2016#6,40119
2015#5,83322
2014#6,98717
2013#5,64423
2012#8,20814
2011#5,93522
2010#6,90418
2009#6,31721
2008#5,95523
2007#9,00713
2006#8,23714
2005#6,82017
2004#9,26411
2003#11,3258
2002#12,1877
2001#7,31714
2000#6,20817
1999#9,4799
1998#10,1228
1997#7,28312
1996#10,5677
1995#9,5538
1994#8,8049
1993#7,49811
1992#6,65213
1991#5,39917
1990#6,86712
1989#5,83614
1988#8,3918
1987#6,78810
1986—
1985#6,03111
1984#7,3988
1983#5,82411
1982#7,4698
1981#5,25413
1980#6,7899
1979—
1978#7,6497
1977#6,3409
1976#9,2845
1975#6,4848
1974#3,00823
1973#5,5809
1972#4,79311
1971#5,13610
1970#3,87215
1969#5,9747
1968#4,7799
1967#3,48414
1966#3,55813
1965#3,05017
1964#2,91519
1963#2,54323
1962#3,03317
1961#2,95718
1960#3,09516
1959#2,28925
1958#2,37623
1957#2,06728
1956#2,00529
1955#2,10826
1954#2,51919
1953#1,70734
1952#1,64135
1951#1,80529
1950#1,79428
1949#1,69731
1948#1,66931
1947#1,54537
1946#1,64729
1945#1,62126
1944#1,86721
1943#1,22843
1942#1,63026
1941#1,61024
1940#1,54925
1939#1,42427
1938#1,41328
1937#1,35529
1936#1,26732
1935#1,35629
1934#1,22134
1933#1,14038
1932#1,03247
1931#1,10441
1930#99355
1929#94158
1928#98357
1927#1,04254
1926#86274
1925#89568
1924#88073
1923#81980
1922#77190
1921#82380
1920#85072
1919#72892
1918#72598
1917#74988
1916#684100
1915#78071
1914#76956
1913#62867
1912#71749
1911#75433
1910#76831
1909#90920
1908#64935
1907#63135
1906#68928
1905#65629
1904#62930
1903#64027
1902#58332
1901#64524
1900#57636
1899#56529
1898#54434
1897#50933
1896#42047
1895#43343
1894#46336
1893#47332
1892#39146
1891#38741
1890#40639
1889#43031
1888#38040
1887#44625
1886#35237
1885#31342
1884#33135
1883#43519
1882#31731
1881#33823
1880#34222
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Eda was already there! It came in at #342, and was given to 22 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Eda is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedMNIllinois: #564 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,533 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedMINew York: #543 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,652 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #457 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,656 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Eda, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#457 · 1 in 4,656
  2. New York#543 · 1 in 10,652
  3. Illinois#564 · 1 in 9,533

Best ever in a state: #164 in Rhode Island, 1922.

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New York#54391 in 10,652
Illinois#56461 in 9,533
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Eda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 408 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #5,554)
  • 296 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #5,554)
  • 279 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #5,554)
  • Biggest jump: 141 spots in 1910 (#909 → #768)
  • Biggest drop: 260 spots in 1909 (#649 → #909)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #313 (42 births)
  • Births halved by 1909, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1880–1926
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,168
  • Highest: 1 in 3,168 girls born in 1885 were named Eda (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.8% of all girls named Eda (706) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s305#313 (1885)#368
1890s380#387 (1891)#459
1900s296#576 (1900)#661
1910s685#628 (1913)#730
1920s706#771 (1922)#887
1930s360#993 (1930)#1,231
1940s293#1,228 (1943)#1,606
1950s276#1,641 (1952)#2,031
1960s153#2,543 (1963)#3,539
1970s97#3,008 (1974)#5,794
1980s92#5,254 (1981)#6,642
1990s106#5,399 (1991)#8,222
2000s145#5,955 (2008)#8,264
2010s185#5,454 (2018)#6,738
2020s129#5,398 (2021)#5,664

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.

Eda in 1930

girls
#993
55 births · 1 in 20,471 girls

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #993Eda55
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 20,471 of them was named Eda, which outranked 81.1% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eda
  1. #983Roy56
  2. #983Susanna56
  3. #983Trudy56
  4. #993Eda55
  5. #993Altha55
  6. #993Delpha55
  7. #993Eartha55
  8. #1,002Amparo54
  9. #1,002Elvina54
  10. #1,002Garnett54

Tied with 8 names at #993; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 701Claudette#1,642 → #941
  2. ↑ 583Ardeth#1,212 → #629
  3. ↑ 445Julianne#1,339 → #894
  4. ↑ 376Sonja#1,223 → #847
  5. ↑ 374Armida#1,174 → #800
Fallers
  1. ↓ 348Ingrid#941 → #1,289
  2. ↓ 315Coralie#895 → #1,210
  3. ↓ 229Elenor#981 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 229Mammie#981 → #1,210
  5. ↓ 226Sibyl#902 → #1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1930 →