Edwena — girls' name

What the Data Says About Edwena

The Social Security Administration has registered 301 babies named Edwena between 1912 and 1981, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Edwena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Edwena performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Edwena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Edwena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Edwena 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 301 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.