Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Edna

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Edna
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.9% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

8,698

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

98.9%

2024

All-time

295,022

Edna once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 8,698 girls were named Edna.

In 2024, only 94 girls were given the name.

Down 98.9% from its peak.

All told, about 295,022 Americans have been named Edna and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.9% from peak

19188,698 girls named Edna

202494 girls named Edna

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