Edwina

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Edwina: Recorded since 1965, it reached #162 in 1978, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#162highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1364
1997	#2411
1998	#1697
1999	#1970
2000	#3247
2002	#4137
2003	#3594
2004	#3197
2005	#3970
2006	#3116
2007	#4294
2008	#3005
2011	#3549
2012	#3681
2013	#5742
2016	#5785
2017	#5765
2018	#5666
2022	#3970
2023	#5687
2024	#5891

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 Republic of Ireland in 37 of the 38 years from 1965 to 2002.

In 2002: #512 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4137 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1965–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #385 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1965–2002
Highest recorded position: #162 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1978 (recorded 1965–2002).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Edwina appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 37 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 556 births with the name.

Edwina across 2 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.

Edwina'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#385 (1965)	#162 (1978)	#512 (2002)	37 of 38	556 (1965–2002)	41 (1978)
England and Wales · Girls	#1364 (1996)	#1364 (1996)	#5891 (2024)	21 of 29	109 (1996–2024)	13 (1996)

Edwina by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Edwina in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	29	5 of 10	6
1970s	208	10 of 10	21
1980sbusiest	227	10 of 10	23
1990s	84	10 of 10	8
2000s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Edwina 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 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #162 in Republic of Ireland in 1978.

Edwina'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#295	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	8	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	16	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	12	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	12	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#332	8	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	24	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	23	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	26	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#187	28	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	22	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	17	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	24	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#206	27	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	28	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	39	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	41	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#191	29	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	18	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	18	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#271	13	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	14	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#239	15	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	10	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	7	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	10	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1965 and 2024, ranked in 53 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #162, first reached in 1978.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 41 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1978.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 31 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.

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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.

Doreen · #161, 48y
Marguerite · #161, 58y
Paraic · #164, 49y
Eadaoin · #165, 52y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Carole · #162, 35y
Dervla · #161, 49y
Doreen · #161, 48y
Marguerite · #161, 58y

Edwina was ranked #162 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1978. 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.

Edwina 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 Edwina without appearing here.

Edwina moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.
Lene Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3247 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3197 and #3725.
Martine Compare
In 1971 they stood at #401 and #307 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1972 that had become #248 and #471.
Karin Compare
In 1969 they stood at #288 and #288 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1970 that had become #272 and #447.

Moved ahead of Edwina

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #938.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3681 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2887.
Dylan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3116 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #4294 and #2085.

Moved the opposite way to Edwina

Caoimhe Compare
Between 1966 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Edwina went from #226 to #512 while Caoimhe went from #380 to #20.
Cara Compare
Between 1966 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Edwina went from #226 to #512 while Cara went from #344 to #101.
Danielle Compare
Between 1966 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Edwina went from #226 to #512 while Danielle went from #344 to #66.
Jessica Compare
Between 1966 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Edwina went from #226 to #512 while Jessica went from #380 to #17.

Moved the same way as Edwina

Jude Compare
Between 1966 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Edwina went from #226 to #498 and Jude from #276 to #441.
May Compare
Between 1967 and 2002 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Edwina went from #288 to #512 and May from #315 to #512.
Dianne Compare
Between 1967 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Edwina went from #288 to #498 and Dianne from #354 to #606.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Edwina went from #1364 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.

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 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #162 in Republic of Ireland in 1978. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Edwina

Edwina at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Edwina across 2 official records

Edwina by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Edwina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Edwina at a glance

Edwina across 2 official records

Edwina by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Edwina appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Edwina

Edwina and the names beside it

Edwina moved ahead of

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