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Girl name#148 of girl names

Edna

Pronounced EH1 D N AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1918
  • 145 years in use
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How popular is Edna?

Edna is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 296,070 children — the 148th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1918, when 8,698 children were given it.

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1918Girls: 8,698Boys: 32

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
EH1 D N AH0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Edna

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Edna

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Edna?
Edna ranks 148th among girls' names in US records, with 296,070 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 909.
Is Edna a unisex name?
No. Edna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Edna most popular?
1918, when 8,698 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.