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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #11, 1899girls
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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
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.

Where Edna is popular in 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1906

girls
#15
3,011 births · 1 in 98 girls
boys
#927
8 births · 1 in 16,644 boys

Top girls' names in 1906

  1. #1Mary16,370
  2. #2Helen7,176
  3. #3Margaret6,096
  4. #4Anna5,502
  5. #5Ruth5,140
  6. #6Dorothy4,326
  7. #7Elizabeth4,320
  8. #8Alice4,192
  9. #9Mildred3,873
  10. #10Florence3,691
  11. #15Edna3,011

Top boys' names in 1906

  1. #1John8,264
  2. #2William6,566
  3. #3James5,908
  4. #4George4,201
  5. #5Robert3,635
  6. #6Charles3,607
  7. #7Joseph3,527
  8. #8Frank2,798
  9. #9Edward2,398
  10. #10Thomas2,176
  11. #927Edna8
More about 1906

girls

295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 98 of them was named Edna, which outranked 99.3% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edna
  1. #12Ethel3,511
  2. #13Lillian3,293
  3. #14Frances3,026
  4. #15Edna3,011
  5. #16Gladys3,000
  6. #17Rose2,901
  7. #18Annie2,774
Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,036Lavera#1,931 → #895
  2. ↑ 1,014Luberta#1,931 → #917
  3. ↑ 1,014Williemae#1,931 → #917
  4. ↑ 851Evelyne#1,696 → #845
  5. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,696 → #845
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Dulcie#825 → #1,951
  2. ↓ 1,051Zelpha#900 → #1,951
  3. ↓ 930Sydney#797 → #1,727
  4. ↓ 855Lester#872 → #1,727
  5. ↓ 801Alvira#926 → #1,727

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

boys

133,154 boys got a published name in 1906; 1 in 16,644 of them was named Edna, which outranked 34.4% of the 1,413 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edna
  1. #852West9
  2. #852Wheeler9
  3. #852Winthrop9
  4. #927Edna8
  5. #927Addie8
  6. #927Adolfo8
  7. #927Agnes8
  8. #1,004Addison7
  9. #1,004Alberta7
  10. #1,004Alcide7

Tied with 76 names at #927; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 665Sheldon#1,233 → #568
  2. ↑ 568Rudy#1,091 → #523
  3. ↑ 530Mac#1,002 → #472
  4. ↑ 524Llewellyn#1,233 → #709
  5. ↑ 524Casey#1,233 → #709
Fallers
  1. ↓ 661Price#592 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 617Foy#636 → #1,253
  3. ↓ 587Benton#666 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 554Cruz#699 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 554Larkin#699 → #1,253

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

See the top 100 for 1906 →