Girls' name · since 1880
Edna
295,116 babies named Edna in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #131 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,458 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 295,116
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Edna is the #2458 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 295,116 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Edna recorded 295,116 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #2458 nationally today, ahead of 86% of girls, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #131 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,458 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 295,116 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edna ranks #131 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,458 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 295,116 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #131 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,458 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 295,116
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Edna's 295,116 recorded births place it above 99.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
How Edna compares
295,116 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Edna's all-time total is 785x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Edna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 295,116 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8,698 | 21 | 19,840 |
Edna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Edna splits its recorded history at 1953: 9% of all births land in the more recent half, 91% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2025 (72 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 8,698 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Edna popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 8,698
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Edna popularity over time - boys
1,042 total births recorded since 1881 (Edna as boys' name)
Edna by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (68,629 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Edna's strongest decade.
68,629 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Edna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 11,020
1880s
11,020 births
- 1890s 24,068
1890s
24,068 births
- 1900s
1900s
29,832 births
- 1910s
1910s
66,897 births
- 1920s
1920s
68,629 births
- 1930s
1930s
36,973 births
- 1940s 24,699
1940s
24,699 births
- 1950s 15,418
1950s
15,418 births
- 1960s 7,698
1960s
7,698 births
- 1970s 3,411
1970s
3,411 births
- 1980s 2,164
1980s
2,164 births
- 1990s 1,576
1990s
1,576 births
- 2000s 1,262
2000s
1,262 births
- 2010s 930
2010s
930 births
- 2020s 539
2020s
539 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 68,629 births (23% of all-time use).
How Edna 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 Edna's total volume
Edna by state
Where Edna concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 14,744 | 5.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 14,523 | 4.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 14,025 | 4.8% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 13,209 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 9,956 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 9,951 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 9,220 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 9,084 | 3.1% |
14,744 of 295,116 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Edna appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Edna's data
- Edna's decade-level peak was the 1920s (68,629 total births); usage has since declined to 539 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Ednas (14,744 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania 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 Edna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Edna 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.