Edona — girls' name
80 babies named Edona in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
83% of everyone ever named Edona was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Edona in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Edona
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Edona between 1997 and 2014, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Edona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Edona performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Edona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Edona in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Edona 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 80 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.
Edona at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Edona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1997
- Peak year (2003)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
80 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 12 births in a single year.
Edona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 66 births that decade — 83% of Edona's all-time total
Edona decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Edona's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 83% of all-time use.
Edona by state
Where Edona concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 33 | 41.3% |
33 of 80 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 41.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 41.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1997–2014 (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.