Edna

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Edna: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 12 years, its highest recorded position is #224, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#224highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Edna's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
2001	#3262
2003	#2191
2006	#4157
2008	#4524
2009	#3031
2010	#4688
2011	#5785
2012	#4171
2013	#2649
2014	#4003
2015	#4103
2017	#4063
2018	#2340
2019	#4686
2020	#2843
2021	#2942
2022	#1948
2023	#2689
2024	#3015

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 20 of the 58 years from 1945 to 2002.

In 1974: #490 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #597 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #298 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2002
Highest recorded position: #224 among girls in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2002).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Edna appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 124 births with the name.

Edna across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Edna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#298 (1945)	#224 (1946)	#603 (2002)	20 of 58	124 (1945–2002)	16 (1946)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1948 (2022)	#3015 (2024)	20 of 29	131 (1996–2024)	14 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#354 (1967)	#351 (1969)	#529 (1983)	7 of 17	25 (1967–1983)	5 (1969)

Edna by decade in England and Wales · 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 Edna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	1 of 10	6
2000s	27	5 of 10	5
2010s	51	9 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	47	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Edna 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 3 regions, from 1945 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #224 in Norway in 1946.

Edna'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#603	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#597	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#527	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#510	4	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#497	4	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#445	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#318	9	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#380	6	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#434	4	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#421	4	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#386	5	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#323	8	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#363	6	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#362	5	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#319	7	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#313	7	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#322	7	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#348	6	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#224	16	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#298	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1945 and 2024, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #224, first reached in 1946.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1967, and 51 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.

Edmond · #77, 60y
Edmund · #103, 80y
Edoardo · #785, 27y
Edon · #2458, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Elma · #224, 41y
Viktorija · #223, 44y
Adil · #231, 50y
Corina · #234, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Anbjørg · #224, 18y
Bergljot · #223, 25y
Svein-Erik · #225, 33y
Elling · #222, 60y

Edna was ranked #224 in Norway · Girls in 1946. 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.

Edna 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 Edna without appearing here.

Edna moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4103 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #5666.
Finlay Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2649 and #5742.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4686 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Edna

Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3031 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Frida Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2191 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #4157 and #1862.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #2458.
Mila Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #1107.

Moved the opposite way to Edna

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Edna went from #298 to #603 while Ada went from #229 to #120.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Edna went from #298 to #603 while Anna went from #38 to #13.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Edna went from #298 to #603 while Cecilie went from #359 to #74.
Christine Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Edna went from #298 to #603 while Christine went from #253 to #97.

Moved the same way as Edna

Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Edna went from #298 to #603 and Ann from #82 to #185.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Edna went from #298 to #603 and Anne from #1 to #47.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Edna went from #298 to #603 and Annie from #180 to #341.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2002 in Norway · Girls, Edna went from #298 to #603 and Åse from #25 to #264.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1945 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #224 in Norway in 1946. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Edna

Edna at a glance

What stands out in Edna's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Edna across 3 official records

Edna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Edna at a glance

What stands out in Edna's record

Edna across 3 official records

Edna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Edna appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Edna

Edna and the names beside it

Edna moved ahead of

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