Girls' name · since 1914
Edwyna
Since 1914, U.S. Social Security records show 152 babies named Edwyna, peaking in 1936. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 152
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
Edwyna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 152 have been recorded since 1914.
Edwyna has 152 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1961.
- #22,629 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 152 born since 1914
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edwyna ranks #22,629 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 152 born since 1914, peaking in the 1930s.
- #22,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 152
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
Edwyna's 152 recorded births place it above 68.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Edwyna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Edwyna splits its recorded history at 1935: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1936 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Edwyna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1961
- Peak year (1936)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Edwyna by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (49 births, 32% of the file).
1930s was Edwyna's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Edwyna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
23 births
- 1920s
1920s
32 births
- 1930s
1930s
49 births
- 1940s
1940s
31 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 49 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Edwyna's decade-level peak was the 1930s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1960s -- 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 Edwyna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1936)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1914–1961 (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 Edwyna 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.