Edda

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Edda: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Edda: Recorded since 1975, with a gap of 15 years, its highest recorded position is #243, and it stood at #261 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#243highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Edda's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2021	#5581

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 30 of the 51 years from 1975 to 2025.

In 2021: #433 among girls in Norway, #5581 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1975–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1975
First recorded at #589 among girls in Norway in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1975–2025
Highest recorded position: #243 among girls in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 1975–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #261 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Edda by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Edda in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1990s	44	8 of 10	6
2000s	37	6 of 10	6
2010s	77	9 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	79	6 of 10	13

Across Norway · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Edda appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #243 in Norway in 2023.

Edda's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#261	15	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#290	13	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#243	17	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#262	15	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#433	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#279	14	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#405	7	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#311	13	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#371	10	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#418	8	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#481	6	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#427	8	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#342	13	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#574	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#447	8	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#421	9	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#585	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#471	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#407	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#522	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#501	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#497	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#554	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#515	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#442	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#625	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#586	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#640	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#589	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1975 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #243, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in Norway in 2023.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 46 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Eda · #1402, 29y
Edan · #403, 29y
Eddie · #166, 55y
Eddison · #723, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Davis · #243, 31y
Thaddeus · #243, 29y
Islay · #244, 26y
Kaylem · #242, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Katinka · #244, 40y
Kelley · #242, 29y
Lyndsay · #242, 22y
Emlyn · #240, 34y

Edda was ranked #243 in Norway · Girls in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Edda and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Edda without appearing here.

Edda moved ahead of

Eileen Compare
In 2024 they stood at #290 and #265 in Norway · Girls; by 2025 that had become #261 and #501.
Cathrine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #574 and #390 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #342 and #565.
Helen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #433 and #413 in Norway · Girls; by 2022 that had become #262 and #485.
Belinda Compare
In 2012 they stood at #574 and #533 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #342 and #563.

Moved ahead of Edda

Josefine Compare
In 1990 they stood at #589 and #606 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #640 and #277.
Ella Compare
In 1992 they stood at #586 and #590 in Norway · Girls; by 1993 that had become #625 and #351.
Lara Compare
In 2000 they stood at #501 and #520 in Norway · Girls; by 2001 that had become #522 and #275.
Maia Compare
In 1991 they stood at #640 and #659 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #586 and #413.

Moved the opposite way to Edda

Anita Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Edda went from #589 to #261 while Anita went from #9 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Edda went from #589 to #261 while Anne went from #2 to #159.
Aud Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Edda went from #589 to #261 while Aud went from #169 to #427.
Bjørg Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Edda went from #589 to #261 while Bjørg went from #142 to #369.

Moved the same way as Edda

Ada Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Edda went from #589 to #261 and Ada from #535 to #18.
Alma Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Edda went from #589 to #261 and Alma from #417 to #8.
Andrea Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Edda went from #589 to #261 and Andrea from #251 to #98.
Anna Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Edda went from #589 to #261 and Anna from #42 to #23.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #243 in Norway in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Edda

Edda at a glance

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Edda by decade in Norway · Girls

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Edda at a glance

What stands out in Edda's record

Edda by decade in Norway · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Edda

Edda and the names beside it

Edda moved ahead of

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