Ednah — girls' name
75 babies named Ednah in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1898. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Ednah was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Ednah in 1898 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ednah
The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Ednah between 1880 and 1920, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ednah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1920. The name reached its historical peak in 1898, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ednah performed strongest in the 1880s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ednah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ednah 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 75 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.
Ednah at a glance
Last recorded 1920Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ednah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1880
- Peak year (1898)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1920.
75 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1898 with 9 births in a single year.
Ednah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1880s
- 24 births that decade — 32% of Ednah's all-time total
Ednah decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1880s was Ednah's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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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, 1880–1920 (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.