Girls' name · since 1917
Edessa
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 76 babies named Edessa, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,173 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 1917
- 2010s
- peak decade
76 babies have been named Edessa since 1917, making it today's #10173 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Edessa recorded 76 times among girls since 1917, holding rank #10173 nationally today, ahead of 41% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #30,168 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,173 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 76 born since 1917
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edessa ranks #30,168 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,173 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 76 born since 1917, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,173 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 1917
- 2010s
- peak decade
Edessa's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Edessa compares
76 21st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Edessa's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Edessa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 76 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Edessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Edessa's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Edessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Edessa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (25 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Edessa's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Edessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 8
1910s
8 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 25 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Edessa's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (25 total births) through the 2020s (15) -- 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 Edessa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Edessa 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.