Recorded 1949–2022 Girls' name Peak 1975 507 births

Edina — girls' name

507 babies named Edina in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s61950s211960s631970s931980s431990s772000s1332010s602020s11
2000s
Peak decade

26% of everyone ever named Edina was born in this single decade.

1975
Single peak year

19 babies were named Edina in 1975 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Edina

The Social Security Administration has registered 507 babies named Edina between 1949 and 2022, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Edina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Edina performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Edina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Edina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Edina 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 507 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.

Edina at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

507

Since 1949

74 years of records

Peak year

1975

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1949

Recorded for 74 years

Last year on file: 2022

Edina popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1949

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1975)
19
Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
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Edina by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
133 births that decade — 26% of Edina's all-time total
1940s61950s211960s631970s931980s431990s772000s1332010s602020s11

Edina by state

Where Edina concentrates geographically — total births since 1949

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Edina
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
23 4.5%
New York share of Edina's total US births 4.5%

23 of 507 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Edina?
507 babies have been named Edina since 1949. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1975 with 19 births.
When was Edina most popular?
Edina was most popular in the 2000s decade with 133 total births. The single peak year was 1975.
Where is Edina most popular?
The top states for the name Edina are New York (23 births).
How long has the name Edina been used?
Edina has been recorded in Social Security data since 1949, spanning 74 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Edina?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Edith, Edie, Editha, Edithe, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1949–2022 (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.