Edna was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #11 in 1899 but is far less common today.
Edna is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,463 for girl births in the United States (and #4,397 across all names), given to 72 babies. Edna was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (8,698 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | 72 | #2,463 | — |
| 2024 | 95 | 95 | #2,044 | — |
| 2023 | 103 | 103 | #1,926 | — |
| 2022 | 90 | 90 | #2,125 | — |
| 2021 | 91 | 91 | #2,091 | — |
| 2020 | 88 | 88 | #2,085 | — |
| 2019 | 82 | 82 | #2,238 | — |
| 2018 | 122 | 122 | #1,695 | — |
| 2017 | 75 | 75 | #2,409 | — |
| 2016 | 84 | 84 | #2,275 | — |
| 2015 | 81 | 81 | #2,300 | — |
| 2014 | 92 | 92 | #2,103 | — |
| 2013 | 97 | 97 | #2,006 | — |
| 2012 | 95 | 95 | #2,035 | — |
| 2011 | 100 | 100 | #1,974 | — |
| 2010 | 102 | 102 | #1,964 | — |
| 2009 | 104 | 104 | #1,992 | — |
| 2008 | 113 | 113 | #1,884 | — |
| 2007 | 136 | 136 | #1,638 | — |
| 2006 | 108 | 108 | #1,884 | — |
| 2005 | 131 | 131 | #1,556 | — |
| 2004 | 139 | 139 | #1,461 | — |
| 2003 | 130 | 130 | #1,501 | — |
| 2002 | 126 | 126 | #1,501 | — |
| 2001 | 149 | 149 | #1,296 | — |
| 2000 | 126 | 126 | #1,460 | — |
| 1999 | 116 | 116 | #1,484 | — |
| 1998 | 132 | 138 | #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 | 320 | — | #532 | #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 | 716 | — | #340 | #4,058 |
| 1964 | 790 | — | #340 | — |
| 1963 | 859 | — | #324 | #3,417 |
| 1962 | 981 | — | #294 | — |
| 1961 | 1,050 | — | #286 | #3,448 |
| 1960 | 1,105 | — | #271 | — |
| 1959 | 1,181 | — | #256 | — |
| 1958 | 1,236 | — | #244 | #2,887 |
| 1957 | 1,240 | — | #241 | — |
| 1956 | 1,550 | — | #205 | — |
| 1955 | 1,533 | — | #205 | #2,826 |
| 1954 | 1,679 | — | #189 | — |
| 1953 | 1,621 | — | #190 | #3,532 |
| 1952 | 1,746 | — | #177 | — |
| 1951 | 1,803 | — | #170 | — |
| 1950 | 1,853 | — | #157 | — |
| 1949 | 2,188 | — | #142 | #1,966 |
| 1948 | 2,102 | — | #139 | #3,412 |
| 1947 | 2,427 | — | #131 | #2,542 |
| 1946 | 2,280 | — | #126 | — |
| 1945 | 2,157 | — | #119 | #3,452 |
| 1944 | 2,394 | — | #112 | — |
| 1943 | 2,772 | — | #106 | #1,656 |
| 1942 | 2,777 | — | #99 | #2,071 |
| 1941 | 2,848 | — | #89 | #2,021 |
| 1940 | 2,845 | — | #86 | #2,372 |
| 1939 | 2,919 | — | #81 | #1,818 |
| 1938 | 3,098 | — | #82 | #1,630 |
| 1937 | 3,243 | — | #74 | #1,549 |
| 1936 | 3,324 | — | #71 | #1,557 |
| 1935 | 3,445 | — | #67 | #1,368 |
| 1934 | 3,829 | — | #55 | #1,573 |
| 1933 | 3,746 | — | #55 | #1,786 |
| 1932 | 4,302 | — | #50 | #1,482 |
| 1931 | 4,483 | — | #52 | #1,504 |
| 1930 | 4,783 | — | #51 | #1,615 |
| 1929 | 4,952 | — | #51 | #1,626 |
| 1928 | 5,499 | — | #45 | #1,460 |
| 1927 | 6,124 | — | #40 | #1,164 |
| 1926 | 6,416 | — | #38 | #1,744 |
| 1925 | 6,808 | — | #37 | #1,429 |
| 1924 | 7,434 | — | #31 | #1,501 |
| 1923 | 7,309 | — | #32 | #2,810 |
| 1922 | 7,642 | — | #29 | #1,781 |
| 1921 | 8,337 | — | #27 | #1,236 |
| 1920 | 8,356 | — | #27 | #1,516 |
| 1919 | 8,424 | — | #22 | #1,712 |
| 1918 | 8,730 | — | #23 | #1,237 |
| 1917 | 8,447 | — | #20 | #1,407 |
| 1916 | 8,653 | — | #19 | #1,276 |
| 1915 | 8,168 | — | #20 | #1,380 |
| 1914 | 6,304 | — | #19 | #1,630 |
| 1913 | 5,573 | — | #18 | #1,387 |
| 1912 | 5,159 | — | #16 | #945 |
| 1911 | 3,968 | — | #17 | #1,063 |
| 1910 | 3,680 | — | #18 | #760 |
| 1909 | 3,448 | — | #16 | #623 |
| 1908 | 3,382 | — | #17 | #638 |
| 1907 | 3,315 | — | #15 | #712 |
| 1906 | 3,019 | — | #15 | #951 |
| 1905 | 2,966 | — | #15 | #674 |
| 1904 | 2,775 | — | #15 | #653 |
| 1903 | 2,675 | — | #15 | #860 |
| 1902 | 2,765 | — | #13 | #701 |
| 1901 | 2,497 | — | #13 | #740 |
| 1900 | 3,115 | — | #12 | #706 |
| 1899 | 2,548 | — | #11 | #526 |
| 1898 | 2,818 | — | #12 | #1,174 |
| 1897 | 2,577 | — | #12 | #691 |
| 1896 | 2,604 | — | #13 | — |
| 1895 | 2,560 | — | #14 | — |
| 1894 | 2,464 | — | #15 | #987 |
| 1893 | 2,388 | — | #14 | #669 |
| 1892 | 2,229 | — | #18 | #653 |
| 1891 | 1,971 | — | #18 | #721 |
| 1890 | 1,985 | — | #18 | #573 |
| 1889 | 1,823 | — | #18 | #735 |
| 1888 | 1,692 | — | #22 | #1,072 |
| 1887 | 1,339 | — | #24 | — |
| 1886 | 1,321 | — | #23 | #785 |
| 1885 | 1,077 | — | #30 | — |
| 1884 | 963 | — | #36 | #884 |
| 1883 | 829 | — | #41 | #823 |
| 1882 | 792 | — | #39 | #665 |
| 1881 | 642 | — | #39 | #906 |
| 1880 | 588 | — | #45 | — |