Girls' name · since 1918
Edena
Edena has 44 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1937 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,404 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1918
- 1930s
- peak decade
Edena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 44 recorded since 1918.
Social Security Administration records show Edena recorded 44 times among girls since 1918, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1977.
- #36,404 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 1918
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edena ranks #36,404 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 1918, peaking in the 1930s.
- #36,404 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1918
- 1930s
- peak decade
Edena's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Edena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Edena's SSA record in two at 1949 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1937 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Edena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1977
- Peak year (1937)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Edena by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (14 births, 32% of the file).
1930s was Edena's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Edena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
14 births
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
- 1960s
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 14 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Edena's data
- Edena's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (14 total births) through the 1970s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Edena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1937)
Similar record span (~59 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–1977 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Edena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.