Girls' name · since 1949
Edina
Edina has 514 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,638 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,093 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 514
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Edina is the #12093 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 514 recorded since 1949.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edina has been recorded 514 times among girls since 1949, currently ranked #12093 nationally and more common than 30% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2025.
- #11,638 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,093 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 514 born since 1949
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edina ranks #11,638 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,093 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 514 born since 1949, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,638 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,093 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 514
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Edina's 514 recorded births place it above 83.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Edina compares
514 Top 44% higher than 56% of 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
Edina's all-time total is 37% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Edina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 514 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Edina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Edina's full recorded timeline at 1990, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Edina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (1975)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Edina by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (133 births, 26% of the file).
2000s was Edina's strongest decade.
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Edina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 21
1950s
21 births
- 1960s
1960s
63 births
- 1970s
1970s
93 births
- 1980s 43
1980s
43 births
- 1990s
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
133 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 133 births (26% of all-time use).
How Edina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Edina's total volume
Edina by state
Where Edina concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 23 | 4.5% |
23 of 514 births nationwide.
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What to do with Edina's data
- Edina's decade-level peak was the 2000s (133 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Edinas (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Edina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~76 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, 1949–2025 (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 Edina 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.