Girls' name · since 1880
Ednah
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.
- #30,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 75
- born since 1880
- 1880s
- peak decade
Ednah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 75 recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ednah has been recorded 75 times among girls since 1880, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1880s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1920.
- #30,321 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 75 born since 1880
- 1880s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ednah ranks #30,321 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 75 born since 1880, peaking in the 1880s.
- #30,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 75
- born since 1880
- 1880s
- peak decade
Ednah's 75 recorded births place it above 57.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ednah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ednah's SSA record in two at 1898 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1884, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1898 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ednah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1920
- Peak year (1898)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Ednah by decade
1880s is the heaviest window (24 births, 32% of the file).
1880s was Ednah's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Ednah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
24 births
- 1890s
1890s
21 births
- 1910s
1910s
24 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1880s at 24 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Ednah's decade-level peak was the 1880s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1920s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ednah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1898)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1880–1920 (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 Ednah 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.