Edwina — #15270 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Edwina

The Social Security Administration has registered 15,457 babies named Edwina between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Edwina currently holds the #15270 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 364 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Edwina performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 2,802 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Edwina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,129 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Edwina in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Edwina 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 15,457 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.