Edmonia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Edmonia

The Social Security Administration has registered 899 babies named Edmonia between 1880 and 1960, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Edmonia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Edmonia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 193 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Edmonia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 95 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Edmonia in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Edmonia 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 899 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.