Edna Girl

How popular is Edna?

#2,458 girl name in 2025

72 baby girls were named Edna in the US in 2025, making it the 2458th most popular girl name.

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56,859living people named Edna (est.)
76median age of people named Edna
296,158babies named Edna since 1880
1 in 46,046US babies born in 2025

Edna popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#2,458 for girls (▼ 418 from 2024)
Babies in 202572 girls
10-year trendSteady (-11% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#2,294 in 2015, #2,078 in 2020
Peak year1918 (8,698 girls)
Highest rank#11 in 1899
First recorded1880
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Where Edna is most popular

Babies named Edna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (43 girls)
  2. Kentucky: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
  3. Iowa: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
  4. Missouri: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
  5. Minnesota: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)

Edna by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1880s11,020#18
1890s24,068#11
1900s29,832#12
1910s66,897#16
1920s68,629#27
1930s36,973#50
1940s24,699#86
1950s15,418#157
1960s7,698#271
1970s3,411#459
1980s2,164#642
1990s1,576#908
2000s1,262#1,294
2010s930#1,692
2020s539#1,922

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Questions

Is Edna a boy or girl name?
Edna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Edna were girls.
How popular is the name Edna?
72 baby girls were named Edna in the US in 2025, making it the 2458th most popular girl name.
When was Edna most popular?
Edna peaked in 1918, when 8,698 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #11 in 1899.
How many people are named Edna?
296,158 babies have been named Edna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 56,859 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 76.
Where is Edna most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Edna was most common in Ohio, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.