Edna
Girl · Hebrew
Edna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 2,458th for girls in the US (72 babies).
What does Edna mean?
Hebrew
A female given name from Hebrew.
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Is Edna a girl's or a boy's name?
Edna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 72 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Edna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Edna, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Edna than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Edna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#42), 1914 (#22), 1924 (#20) and 1934 (#39).
Edna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Edna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were named Edna, making it the 2,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,078th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 8,698 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Edna since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the girls named Edna in the US since 1880 were born between 1912 and 1934, the years shaded on the chart below.
Edna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,458 |
| 2024 | 95 | #2,040 |
| 2023 | 103 | #1,922 |
| 2022 | 90 | #2,123 |
| 2021 | 91 | #2,085 |
| 2020 | 88 | #2,078 |
| 2019 | 82 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,692 |
| 2017 | 75 | #2,401 |
| 2016 | 84 | #2,269 |
| 2015 | 81 | #2,294 |
| 2014 | 92 | #2,096 |
| 2013 | 97 | #2,002 |
| 2012 | 95 | #2,028 |
| 2011 | 100 | #1,968 |
| 2010 | 102 | #1,959 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,989 |
| 2008 | 113 | #1,880 |
| 2007 | 136 | #1,635 |
| 2006 | 108 | #1,878 |
| 2005 | 131 | #1,553 |
| 2004 | 139 | #1,458 |
| 2003 | 130 | #1,497 |
| 2002 | 126 | #1,499 |
| 2001 | 149 | #1,294 |
| 2000 | 126 | #1,454 |
| 1999 | 116 | #1,480 |
| 1998 | 132 | #1,328 |
| 1997 | 138 | #1,271 |
| 1996 | 137 | #1,267 |
| 1995 | 131 | #1,276 |
| 1994 | 149 | #1,181 |
| 1993 | 171 | #1,061 |
| 1992 | 184 | #1,019 |
| 1991 | 212 | #908 |
| 1990 | 206 | #922 |
| 1989 | 236 | #807 |
| 1988 | 151 | #1,052 |
| 1987 | 192 | #882 |
| 1986 | 175 | #917 |
| 1985 | 203 | #809 |
| 1984 | 207 | #778 |
| 1983 | 229 | #725 |
| 1982 | 217 | #761 |
| 1981 | 270 | #655 |
| 1980 | 284 | #642 |
| 1979 | 289 | #612 |
| 1978 | 271 | #622 |
| 1977 | 311 | #564 |
| 1976 | 277 | #588 |
| 1975 | 313 | #548 |
| 1974 | 315 | #532 |
| 1973 | 341 | #504 |
| 1972 | 402 | #462 |
| 1971 | 444 | #459 |
| 1970 | 448 | #466 |
| 1969 | 456 | #450 |
| 1968 | 499 | #424 |
| 1967 | 581 | #376 |
| 1966 | 680 | #342 |
| 1965 | 711 | #340 |
| 1964 | 790 | #340 |
| 1963 | 852 | #324 |
| 1962 | 981 | #294 |
| 1961 | 1,043 | #286 |
| 1960 | 1,105 | #271 |
| 1959 | 1,181 | #256 |
| 1958 | 1,227 | #244 |
| 1957 | 1,240 | #241 |
| 1956 | 1,550 | #205 |
| 1955 | 1,524 | #204 |
| 1954 | 1,679 | #189 |
| 1953 | 1,615 | #190 |
| 1952 | 1,746 | #177 |
| 1951 | 1,803 | #170 |
| 1950 | 1,853 | #157 |
| 1949 | 2,173 | #142 |
| 1948 | 2,096 | #139 |
| 1947 | 2,417 | #131 |
| 1946 | 2,280 | #126 |
| 1945 | 2,152 | #119 |
| 1944 | 2,394 | #112 |
| 1943 | 2,753 | #106 |
| 1942 | 2,764 | #99 |
| 1941 | 2,835 | #89 |
| 1940 | 2,835 | #86 |
| 1939 | 2,904 | #81 |
| 1938 | 3,080 | #82 |
| 1937 | 3,223 | #74 |
| 1936 | 3,305 | #71 |
| 1935 | 3,420 | #67 |
| 1934 | 3,809 | #55 |
| 1933 | 3,730 | #55 |
| 1932 | 4,279 | #50 |
| 1931 | 4,461 | #52 |
| 1930 | 4,762 | #51 |
| 1929 | 4,931 | #51 |
| 1928 | 5,473 | #45 |
| 1927 | 6,086 | #40 |
| 1926 | 6,396 | #38 |
| 1925 | 6,781 | #37 |
| 1924 | 7,408 | #31 |
| 1923 | 7,299 | #32 |
| 1922 | 7,622 | #29 |
| 1921 | 8,302 | #27 |
| 1920 | 8,331 | #27 |
| 1919 | 8,404 | #22 |
| 1918 | 8,698 | #23 |
| 1917 | 8,422 | #20 |
| 1916 | 8,625 | #19 |
| 1915 | 8,144 | #20 |
| 1914 | 6,289 | #19 |
| 1913 | 5,558 | #18 |
| 1912 | 5,136 | #16 |
| 1911 | 3,957 | #17 |
| 1910 | 3,664 | #18 |
| 1909 | 3,429 | #16 |
| 1908 | 3,365 | #17 |
| 1907 | 3,301 | #15 |
| 1906 | 3,011 | #15 |
| 1905 | 2,953 | #15 |
| 1904 | 2,762 | #15 |
| 1903 | 2,667 | #15 |
| 1902 | 2,754 | #13 |
| 1901 | 2,488 | #13 |
| 1900 | 3,102 | #12 |
| 1899 | 2,534 | #11 |
| 1898 | 2,813 | #12 |
| 1897 | 2,567 | #12 |
| 1896 | 2,604 | #13 |
| 1895 | 2,560 | #14 |
| 1894 | 2,458 | #15 |
| 1893 | 2,378 | #14 |
| 1892 | 2,218 | #18 |
| 1891 | 1,963 | #18 |
| 1890 | 1,973 | #18 |
| 1889 | 1,815 | #18 |
| 1888 | 1,687 | #22 |
| 1887 | 1,339 | #24 |
| 1886 | 1,314 | #23 |
| 1885 | 1,077 | #30 |
| 1884 | 957 | #36 |
| 1883 | 823 | #41 |
| 1882 | 783 | #39 |
| 1881 | 637 | #39 |
| 1880 | 588 | #45 |
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