Edna

Boy · recorded 1881–1974

  • 1974last recorded
  • 1899best year

Most popular in 1899.

Last recorded in 1974. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Edna.

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

06613218811904192819511974

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 70 recorded years as a table
Edna, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188150
188279
188357
188452
188663
188841
188972
1890108
189179
189290
189389
189452
189789
189841
1899132
190086
190185
190290
190367
1904101
190598
190660
190795
1908110
1909116
191082
191149
191253
191329
191423
191528
191631
191727
191832
191920
192023
192132
192218
19239
192423
192524
192618
192734
192823
192920
193019
193121
193222
193316
193419
193524
193618
193719
193816
193914
19409
194111
19429
194313
19454
19475
19483
19498
19533
19554
19584
19613
19633
19653
19743

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Edna isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1974
5
Rank in 1974
#5,227
How rare
1 in 314,466 boys
Since 1881
1,042

Edna was last recorded in 1974. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1899, at 132 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Edna doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.