Girls' name · since 1923
Edma
6 babies named Edma in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #59,610 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 6
- born since 1923
- 1920s
- peak decade
Edma sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 6 recorded since 1923.
Edma has 6 recorded births among girls since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 1923.
- #59,610 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 6 born since 1923
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edma ranks #59,610 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 6 born since 1923, peaking in the 1920s.
- #59,610 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 6
- born since 1923
- 1920s
- peak decade
Edma's 6 recorded births place it above 14.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Edma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1923
- Peak year (1923)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Edma by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (6 births, 100% of the file).
1920s was Edma's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Edma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 6 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Edma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~0 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, 1923–1923 (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 Edma 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.