Edia — girls' name
73 babies named Edia in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1902. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Edia was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Edia in 1902 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Edia
The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Edia between 1900 and 1927, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Edia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1927. The name reached its historical peak in 1902, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Edia performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Edia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Edia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Edia 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 73 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.
Edia at a glance
Last recorded 1927Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Edia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1900
- Peak year (1902)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1927.
73 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1902 with 8 births in a single year.
Edia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 30 births that decade — 41% of Edia's all-time total
Edia decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Edia's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Edia by state
Where Edia concentrates geographically — total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 17 | 23.3% |
17 of 73 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 23.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 23.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1900–1927 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.