Edda — #6637 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Edda

The Social Security Administration has registered 723 babies named Edda between 1895 and 2024, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Edda currently holds the #6637 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Edda performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Edda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Edda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Edda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 723 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.