Recorded 1997–2014 Girls' name Peak 2003 80 births

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.

1990s72000s662010s7
2000s
Peak decade

83% of everyone ever named Edona was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

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 2014

Total births

80

Since 1997

18 years of records

Peak year

2003

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1997

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2014

Edona popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1997

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2003)
12
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
468101214 2014200720062005200420032002200120001997 7

Edona by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
66 births that decade — 83% of Edona's all-time total
1990s72000s662010s7

Edona by state

Where Edona concentrates geographically — total births since 1997

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Edona
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
33 41.3%
New York share of Edona's total US births 41.3%

33 of 80 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Edona?
80 babies have been named Edona since 1997. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2003 with 12 births.
When was Edona most popular?
Edona was most popular in the 2000s decade with 66 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
Where is Edona most popular?
The top states for the name Edona are New York (33 births).
How long has the name Edona been used?
Edona has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 18 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Edona?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Edom, Edolia, Edora, Edony. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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.