Girls' name · peaked in 1893
Edna name popularity since 1925
124,807 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Edna. Half of them were born in 1938 or earlier, so the typical Edna is about 88 years old in 2026. Edna peaked in 1893 as the #14 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 124,807
- Named Edna, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1893
- #14 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,463 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 124,337 girls · 470 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 3.30× its national share
Peak year is the year Edna made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Edna births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Edna peaked earlier, in 1893.
- Steepest fall: Between 1941 and 1946, Edna's share of baby girls fell by 38%, from 1 in 426 to 1 in 689.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Edna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Edna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Edna in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 29,667 | 132 | – |
| 1930s | 36,973 | 199 | #67 |
| 1940s | 24,699 | 91 | #119 |
| 1950s | 15,418 | 24 | #205 |
| 1960s | 7,698 | 19 | #340 |
| 1970s | 3,411 | 5 | #548 |
| 1980s | 2,164 | 0 | #809 |
| 1990s | 1,576 | 0 | #1,282 |
| 2000s | 1,262 | 0 | #1,556 |
| 2010s | 930 | 0 | #2,300 |
| 2020–25 | 539 | 0 | #2,463 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
50.8% of babies named Edna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Edna is most popular
The index compares Edna's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Edna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 3.30× | 4,893 |
| Alabama | 2.78× | 6,016 |
| Kentucky | 2.58× | 5,285 |
| West Virginia | 2.51× | 2,703 |
| North Carolina | 2.42× | 8,397 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Edna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Edna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Edna (1893).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data