Edwina
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Edwina is a girls' name of Old English origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Edwina mean?
Old English
A female given name from Old English, masculine equivalent Edwin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Edwina a girl's or a boy's name?
Edwina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Edwina in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Edwina in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Edwina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Edwina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Edwina, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1943, with 364 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the girls named Edwina in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
Edwina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 35 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,299 |
| 1988 | 61 | #1,964 |
| 1987 | 61 | #1,879 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,469 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,947 |
| 1984 | 85 | #1,381 |
| 1983 | 90 | #1,328 |
| 1982 | 115 | #1,187 |
| 1981 | 140 | #1,025 |
| 1980 | 133 | #1,064 |
| 1979 | 79 | #1,496 |
| 1978 | 84 | #1,386 |
| 1977 | 65 | #1,621 |
| 1976 | 76 | #1,397 |
| 1975 | 66 | #1,527 |
| 1974 | 80 | #1,323 |
| 1973 | 71 | #1,388 |
| 1972 | 105 | #1,084 |
| 1971 | 105 | #1,118 |
| 1970 | 101 | #1,144 |
| 1969 | 120 | #985 |
| 1968 | 136 | #883 |
| 1967 | 157 | #793 |
| 1966 | 199 | #695 |
| 1965 | 194 | #704 |
| 1964 | 256 | #640 |
| 1963 | 285 | #589 |
| 1962 | 350 | #523 |
| 1961 | 298 | #585 |
| 1960 | 192 | #730 |
| 1959 | 184 | #750 |
| 1958 | 177 | #747 |
| 1957 | 205 | #696 |
| 1956 | 226 | #633 |
| 1955 | 221 | #623 |
| 1954 | 248 | #564 |
| 1953 | 234 | #578 |
| 1952 | 229 | #569 |
| 1951 | 243 | #536 |
| 1950 | 220 | #559 |
| 1949 | 230 | #550 |
| 1948 | 255 | #514 |
| 1947 | 271 | #501 |
| 1946 | 283 | #465 |
| 1945 | 272 | #435 |
| 1944 | 326 | #392 |
| 1943 | 364 | #379 |
| 1942 | 319 | #402 |
| 1941 | 216 | #476 |
| 1940 | 266 | #421 |
| 1939 | 242 | #433 |
| 1938 | 223 | #449 |
| 1937 | 225 | #436 |
| 1936 | 268 | #388 |
| 1935 | 222 | #432 |
| 1934 | 233 | #430 |
| 1933 | 255 | #405 |
| 1932 | 258 | #406 |
| 1931 | 248 | #411 |
| 1930 | 188 | #485 |
| 1929 | 158 | #545 |
| 1928 | 173 | #528 |
| 1927 | 192 | #505 |
| 1926 | 221 | #463 |
| 1925 | 238 | #448 |
| 1924 | 206 | #485 |
| 1923 | 209 | #478 |
| 1922 | 234 | #443 |
| 1921 | 190 | #512 |
| 1920 | 186 | #511 |
| 1919 | 182 | #500 |
| 1918 | 183 | #502 |
| 1917 | 154 | #539 |
| 1916 | 149 | #545 |
| 1915 | 144 | #523 |
| 1914 | 128 | #490 |
| 1913 | 90 | #534 |
| 1912 | 71 | #571 |
| 1911 | 48 | #617 |
| 1910 | 53 | #564 |
| 1909 | 48 | #552 |
| 1908 | 51 | #507 |
| 1907 | 38 | #601 |
| 1906 | 22 | #776 |
| 1905 | 39 | #556 |
| 1904 | 32 | #600 |
| 1903 | 20 | #760 |
| 1902 | 28 | #623 |
| 1901 | 31 | #547 |
| 1900 | 25 | #725 |
| 1899 | 28 | #578 |
| 1898 | 16 | #840 |
| 1897 | 16 | #786 |
| 1896 | 24 | #635 |
| 1895 | 16 | #788 |
| 1894 | 28 | #546 |
| 1893 | 19 | #662 |
| 1892 | 11 | #908 |
| 1891 | 17 | #644 |
| 1890 | 15 | #693 |
| 1889 | 10 | #839 |
| 1888 | 13 | #724 |
| 1887 | 13 | #633 |
| 1886 | 9 | #778 |
| 1885 | 10 | #695 |
| 1884 | 9 | #731 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 8 | #623 |
Names like Edwina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eleanor, Elizabeth, Emma, Etta, Martha, Anna, Edith, Harriet, Eva, Ella, Iona, Georgia
Names related to Edwina
More Old English names
Alfie, Edward, Teddy, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Edwina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/edwina, updated 20 October 2026.