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How popular is “Edna” in the USA?

Number of people named “Edna” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Edna” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Edna” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Edna” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Edna” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Edna” by birth year

This chart shows how “Edna” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 588 0.002918346 588 100%
1881 642 0.003331811 637 5 98%
1882 792 0.003575088 783 9 98%
1883 829 0.003821227 823 6 99%
1884 963 0.003955459 957 6 99%
1885 1077 0.004471588 1077 100%
1886 1321 0.00517398 1314 7 99%
1887 1339 0.005412463 1339 100%
1888 1692 0.005649906 1687 5 99%
1889 1823 0.006309137 1815 8 99%
1890 1985 0.00658591 1973 12 99%
1891 1971 0.006875429 1963 8 99%
1892 2229 0.006666188 2218 11 99%
1893 2388 0.007342654 2378 10 99%
1894 2464 0.007275089 2458 6 100%
1895 2560 0.007293032 2560 100%
1896 2604 0.007284242 2604 100%
1897 2577 0.007427434 2567 10 99%
1898 2818 0.007387503 2813 5 100%
1899 2548 0.00751104 2534 14 99%
1900 3115 0.006918256 3102 13 99%
1901 2497 0.007220686 2488 9 99%
1902 2765 0.007149635 2754 11 99%
1903 2675 0.007017314 2667 8 99%
1904 2775 0.006877579 2762 13 99%
1905 2966 0.00699657 2953 13 99%
1906 3019 0.007046313 3011 8 99%
1907 3315 0.007123058 3301 14 99%
1908 3382 0.006921123 3365 17 99%
1909 3448 0.006744597 3429 19 99%
1910 3680 0.006229781 3664 16 99%
1911 3968 0.006158832 3957 11 99%
1912 5159 0.005221332 5136 23 99%
1913 5573 0.004901021 5558 15 99%
1914 6304 0.004450896 6289 15 100%
1915 8168 0.004457479 8144 24 99%
1916 8653 0.004473182 8625 28 99%
1917 8447 0.004209294 8422 25 99%
1918 8730 0.004020983 8698 32 99%
1919 8424 0.003991954 8404 20 100%
1920 8356 0.003693026 8331 25 99%
1921 8337 0.003571207 8302 35 99%
1922 7642 0.003338348 7622 20 99%
1923 7309 0.003174402 7299 10 100%
1924 7434 0.003121418 7408 26 99%
1925 6808 0.002917754 6781 27 99%
1926 6416 0.002794541 6396 20 99%
1927 6124 0.002640386 6086 38 99%
1928 5499 0.002432176 5473 26 99%
1929 4952 0.002258958 4931 21 99%
1930 4783 0.002151318 4762 21 99%
1931 4483 0.002130311 4461 22 99%
1932 4302 0.002037616 4279 23 99%
1933 3746 0.001873518 3730 16 99%
1934 3829 0.001843688 3809 20 99%
1935 3445 0.001648404 3420 25 99%
1936 3324 0.00159994 3305 19 99%
1937 3243 0.001522056 3223 20 99%
1938 3098 0.001400179 3080 18 99%
1939 2919 0.001324746 2904 15 99%
1940 2846 0.001235949 2836 10 99%
1941 2847 0.001168515 2834 13 99%
1942 2776 0.001016173 2763 13 99%
1943 2772 0.000982088 2753 19 99%
1944 2395 0.000890308 2395 100%
1945 2156 0.000812692 2151 5 100%
1946 2281 0.000713859 2281 100%
1947 2427 0.000673732 2417 10 99%
1948 2102 0.000608831 2096 6 99%
1949 2188 0.000627874 2173 15 99%
1950 1854 0.000529207 1854 100%
1951 1803 0.000489448 1803 100%
1952 1745 0.000459452 1745 100%
1953 1621 0.000420641 1615 6 99%
1954 1679 0.000421784 1679 100%
1955 1533 0.000381811 1524 9 99%
1956 1550 0.000375936 1550 100%
1957 1240 0.000295088 1240 100%
1958 1235 0.000298749 1226 9 99%
1959 1181 0.000284031 1181 100%
1960 1107 0.000266502 1107 100%
1961 1048 0.000252999 1041 7 99%
1962 981 0.0002431 981 100%
1963 859 0.000217018 852 7 98%
1964 790 0.00020321 790 100%
1965 716 0.000197493 711 5 99%
1966 680 0.000195647 680 100%
1967 582 0.000171434 582 100%
1968 499 0.000147702 499 100%
1969 455 0.000130923 455 100%
1970 448 0.00012422 448 100%
1971 444 0.000129357 444 100%
1972 403 0.000128222 403 100%
1973 341 0.00011303 341 100%
1974 320 0.000105263 315 5 97%
1975 313 0.000103663 313 100%
1976 277 0.00009129 277 100%
1977 311 0.000097907 311 100%
1978 271 0.000085385 271 100%
1979 289 0.000086865 289 100%
1980 284 0.00008245 284 100%
1981 270 0.000078049 270 100%
1982 217 0.000061859 217 100%
1983 229 0.000066121 229 100%
1984 207 0.000059333 207 100%
1985 202 0.000056597 202 100%
1986 175 0.000049198 175 100%
1987 192 0.00005325 192 100%
1988 151 0.000040866 151 100%
1989 236 0.000061387 236 100%
1990 206 0.000052119 206 100%
1991 212 0.000054425 212 100%
1992 184 0.000047901 184 100%
1993 171 0.000045355 171 100%
1994 148 0.00003981 148 100%
1995 131 0.000035771 131 100%
1996 137 0.000037563 137 100%
1997 138 0.000038061 138 100%
1998 131 0.000035615 131 100%
1999 116 0.000031403 116 100%
2000 126 0.000033334 126 100%
2001 148 0.000039536 148 100%
2002 126 0.000033705 126 100%
2003 128 0.000033664 128 100%
2004 138 0.000036117 138 100%
2005 129 0.000033551 129 100%
2006 104 0.000026288 104 100%
2007 134 0.000033519 134 100%
2008 112 0.000028494 112 100%
2009 104 0.000027224 104 100%
2010 101 0.000027329 101 100%
2011 100 0.000027339 100 100%
2012 94 0.000025702 94 100%
2013 97 0.000026607 97 100%
2014 90 0.000024282 90 100%
2015 81 0.000021886 81 100%
2016 83 0.000022624 83 100%
2017 75 0.000020972 75 100%
2018 122 0.0000347 122 100%
2019 82 0.000023625 82 100%
2020 88 0.000026343 88 100%
2021 91 0.00002686 91 100%
2022 90 0.000026603 90 100%
2023 103 0.000031107 103 100%
2024 94 0.000028241 94 100%

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