Girls' name · since 1914
Idena
Idena has 16 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
Idena is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 16 have been recorded since 1914.
Idena has 16 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 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1974.
- #48,689 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1914
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Idena ranks #48,689 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1914, peaking in the 1970s.
- #48,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
Idena's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Idena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Idena's SSA record in two at 1952 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Idena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1974
- Peak year (1974)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Idena by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (6 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Idena's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Idena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6 births (38% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Idena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1914–1974 (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 Idena 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.