Edwina
Edwina is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 379th, in 1943.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1943364 births
- Best rank
- #379in 1943
- Since 1881
- 15,457people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,457 girls have been named Edwina in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1943, with 364 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 364 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1945, and the 1940s alone account for 18%. It has spent 87 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Edwina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 72 | |
| 1890s | 190 | |
| 1900s | 334 | |
| 1910s | 1,202 | |
| 1920s | 2,007 | |
| 1930s | 2,362 | |
| 1940s | 2,802 | |
| 1950s | 2,187 | |
| 1960s | 2,187 | |
| 1970s | 832 | |
| 1980s | 832 | |
| 1990s | 229 | |
| 2000s | 124 | |
| 2010s | 65 | |
| 2020s | 32 |
In 1943, its biggest year
Edwina was the 379th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1943 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1943.
Names that rose and fell with Edwina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jeanettepeak 1939
- Annpeak 1957
- Robbiepeak 1957
- Lorettapeak 1938
- Jonniepeak 1947
- Sylviapeak 1937
- Kathernpeak 1954
- Glennapeak 1951
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.