Girls' name · since 2005
Edom
79 babies named Edom in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,730 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 79
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
79 girls have been named Edom since 2005, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edom has been recorded 79 times among girls since 2005, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2021.
- #29,730 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 79 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edom ranks #29,730 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 79 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,730 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 79
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Edom's 79 recorded births place it above 58.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Edom's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Edom's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Edom popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2021
- Peak year (2014)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Edom by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (60 births, 76% of the file).
2010s was Edom's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Edom births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 60 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Edom's decade-level peak was the 2010s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- 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 Edom: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~16 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, 2005–2021 (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 Edom 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.