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Edna: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 72 in 2025. Its best rank was #11 in 1899.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #11 in 1899; #2,463 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Edna in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,463 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1899, at #11.
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Edna: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 72 girls in 2025. Peak: #11 in 1899 · most girls in one year: 8,698 (1918).
In 2025, 72 US girls were named Edna, making it the 2,463rd most common girls’ name of the year, down 419 places from #2,044 in 2024. That is 23 fewer than the 95 girls named Edna in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #11, reached in 1899. The most girls given the name in a single year was 8,698, in 1918. For comparison, it was #2,300 in 2015 and #157 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Edna in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 588 babies with the name. In all, 296,158 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 68,877 babies named Edna.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 902 US girls were named Edna; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 122. In 2025 that was about 1 in 22,323 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Edna ranked highest in Michigan in 2025, at #1,265 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Ednah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Edny.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ednah (75).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 5 | #1,265 | #1,156 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,451 | #1,285 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,468 | — |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,515 | #1,332 |
| California | 9 | #2,146 | #2,555 |
| Texas | 5 | #3,434 | #2,431 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,463 | — | — |
| 2024 | 95 | #2,044 | — | — |
| 2023 | 103 | #1,926 | — | — |
| 2022 | 90 | #2,125 | — | — |
| 2021 | 91 | #2,091 | — | — |
| 2020 | 88 | #2,085 | — | — |
| 2019 | 82 | #2,238 | — | — |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,695 | — | — |
| 2017 | 75 | #2,409 | — | — |
| 2016 | 84 | #2,275 | — | — |
| 2015 | 81 | #2,300 | — | — |
| 2014 | 92 | #2,103 | — | — |
| 2013 | 97 | #2,006 | — | — |
| 2012 | 95 | #2,035 | — | — |
| 2011 | 100 | #1,974 | — | — |
| 2010 | 102 | #1,964 | — | — |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,992 | — | — |
| 2008 | 113 | #1,884 | — | — |
| 2007 | 136 | #1,638 | — | — |
| 2006 | 108 | #1,884 | — | — |
| 2005 | 131 | #1,556 | — | — |
| 2004 | 139 | #1,461 | — | — |
| 2003 | 130 | #1,501 | — | — |
| 2002 | 126 | #1,501 | — | — |
| 2001 | 149 | #1,296 | — | — |
| 2000 | 126 | #1,460 | — | — |
| 1999 | 116 | #1,484 | — | — |
| 1998 | 132 | #1,332 | — | — |
| 1997 | 138 | #1,274 | — | — |
| 1996 | 137 | #1,271 | — | — |
| 1995 | 131 | #1,282 | — | — |
| 1994 | 149 | #1,185 | — | — |
| 1993 | 171 | #1,065 | — | — |
| 1992 | 184 | #1,022 | — | — |
| 1991 | 212 | #912 | — | — |
| 1990 | 206 | #927 | — | — |
| 1989 | 236 | #809 | — | — |
| 1988 | 151 | #1,056 | — | — |
| 1987 | 192 | #883 | — | — |
| 1986 | 175 | #919 | — | — |
| 1985 | 203 | #809 | — | — |
| 1984 | 207 | #778 | — | — |
| 1983 | 229 | #725 | — | — |
| 1982 | 217 | #761 | — | — |
| 1981 | 270 | #656 | — | — |
| 1980 | 284 | #643 | — | — |
| 1979 | 289 | #612 | — | — |
| 1978 | 271 | #623 | — | — |
| 1977 | 311 | #566 | — | — |
| 1976 | 277 | #588 | — | — |
| 1975 | 313 | #548 | — | — |
| 1974 | 315 | #532 | 5 | #5,448 |
| 1973 | 341 | #504 | — | — |
| 1972 | 402 | #462 | — | — |
| 1971 | 444 | #459 | — | — |
| 1970 | 448 | #466 | — | — |
| 1969 | 456 | #450 | — | — |
| 1968 | 499 | #424 | — | — |
| 1967 | 581 | #377 | — | — |
| 1966 | 680 | #342 | — | — |
| 1965 | 711 | #340 | 5 | #4,058 |
| 1964 | 790 | #340 | — | — |
| 1963 | 852 | #324 | 7 | #3,417 |
| 1962 | 981 | #294 | — | — |
| 1961 | 1,043 | #286 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1960 | 1,105 | #271 | — | — |
| 1959 | 1,181 | #256 | — | — |
| 1958 | 1,227 | #244 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 1957 | 1,240 | #241 | — | — |
| 1956 | 1,550 | #205 | — | — |
| 1955 | 1,524 | #205 | 9 | #2,826 |
| 1954 | 1,679 | #189 | — | — |
| 1953 | 1,615 | #190 | 6 | #3,532 |
| 1952 | 1,746 | #177 | — | — |
| 1951 | 1,803 | #170 | — | — |
| 1950 | 1,853 | #157 | — | — |
| 1949 | 2,173 | #142 | 15 | #1,966 |
| 1948 | 2,096 | #139 | 6 | #3,412 |
| 1947 | 2,417 | #131 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1946 | 2,280 | #126 | — | — |
| 1945 | 2,152 | #119 | 5 | #3,452 |
| 1944 | 2,394 | #112 | — | — |
| 1943 | 2,753 | #106 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 1942 | 2,764 | #99 | 13 | #2,071 |
| 1941 | 2,835 | #89 | 13 | #2,021 |
| 1940 | 2,835 | #86 | 10 | #2,372 |
| 1939 | 2,904 | #81 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1938 | 3,080 | #82 | 18 | #1,630 |
| 1937 | 3,223 | #74 | 20 | #1,549 |
| 1936 | 3,305 | #71 | 19 | #1,557 |
| 1935 | 3,420 | #67 | 25 | #1,368 |
| 1934 | 3,809 | #55 | 20 | #1,573 |
| 1933 | 3,730 | #55 | 16 | #1,786 |
| 1932 | 4,279 | #50 | 23 | #1,482 |
| 1931 | 4,461 | #52 | 22 | #1,504 |
| 1930 | 4,762 | #51 | 21 | #1,615 |
| 1929 | 4,931 | #51 | 21 | #1,626 |
| 1928 | 5,473 | #45 | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1927 | 6,086 | #40 | 38 | #1,164 |
| 1926 | 6,396 | #38 | 20 | #1,744 |
| 1925 | 6,781 | #37 | 27 | #1,429 |
| 1924 | 7,408 | #31 | 26 | #1,501 |
| 1923 | 7,299 | #32 | 10 | #2,810 |
| 1922 | 7,622 | #29 | 20 | #1,781 |
| 1921 | 8,302 | #27 | 35 | #1,236 |
| 1920 | 8,331 | #27 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1919 | 8,404 | #22 | 20 | #1,712 |
| 1918 | 8,698 | #23 | 32 | #1,237 |
| 1917 | 8,422 | #20 | 25 | #1,407 |
| 1916 | 8,625 | #19 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 1915 | 8,144 | #20 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 1914 | 6,289 | #19 | 15 | #1,630 |
| 1913 | 5,558 | #18 | 15 | #1,387 |
| 1912 | 5,136 | #16 | 23 | #945 |
| 1911 | 3,957 | #17 | 11 | #1,063 |
| 1910 | 3,664 | #18 | 16 | #760 |
| 1909 | 3,429 | #16 | 19 | #623 |
| 1908 | 3,365 | #17 | 17 | #638 |
| 1907 | 3,301 | #15 | 14 | #712 |
| 1906 | 3,011 | #15 | 8 | #951 |
| 1905 | 2,953 | #15 | 13 | #674 |
| 1904 | 2,762 | #15 | 13 | #653 |
| 1903 | 2,667 | #15 | 8 | #860 |
| 1902 | 2,754 | #13 | 11 | #701 |
| 1901 | 2,488 | #13 | 9 | #740 |
| 1900 | 3,102 | #12 | 13 | #706 |
| 1899 | 2,534 | #11 | 14 | #526 |
| 1898 | 2,813 | #12 | 5 | #1,174 |
| 1897 | 2,567 | #12 | 10 | #691 |
| 1896 | 2,604 | #13 | — | — |
| 1895 | 2,560 | #14 | — | — |
| 1894 | 2,458 | #15 | 6 | #987 |
| 1893 | 2,378 | #14 | 10 | #669 |
| 1892 | 2,218 | #18 | 11 | #653 |
| 1891 | 1,963 | #18 | 8 | #721 |
| 1890 | 1,973 | #18 | 12 | #573 |
| 1889 | 1,815 | #18 | 8 | #735 |
| 1888 | 1,687 | #22 | 5 | #1,072 |
| 1887 | 1,339 | #24 | — | — |
| 1886 | 1,314 | #23 | 7 | #785 |
| 1885 | 1,077 | #30 | — | — |
| 1884 | 957 | #36 | 6 | #884 |
| 1883 | 823 | #41 | 6 | #823 |
| 1882 | 783 | #39 | 9 | #665 |
| 1881 | 637 | #39 | 5 | #906 |
| 1880 | 588 | #45 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).