A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Edna
staid · ironed · blunt
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenThe name derives from a Hebrew linguistic root translating to delight. English speakers used it sparingly until Augusta Jane Evans published her novel St. Elmo in 1866, introducing the central protagonist Edna Earl. American parents adopted the name in droves, establishing it as an everyday fixture in nurseries by the late nineteenth century.
Also answers toEdie, Eddie
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025
SSA Data 1880 peak: 8,730 souls, A.D. 1918 2025
2025: 72 born, holding steady
Estimated Age
71 yrs
Most Ednas were born around 1947 — predates the Interstate Highway System.
Peak Reign
1918
№23 that year
Generation
Boomer, 42%
then Silent 33% · Gen X 12%
Rarity
Top 500 all-time
≈296K ever born · holding steady
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Edna grew up with
SSA DataElvis on Ed Sullivan·hula hoops·black-and-white TV
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Edna peaked in 1918.
Estimated average age: 71.
What people think
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Edna sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
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Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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Public Opinion Ledger
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* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenThe name reads as a cast-iron skillet, a woolen coat, and an appointment made two weeks in advance. With an estimated average age of seventy-one, it calls to mind someone who learned to steer on a bench seat and never discarded an aluminum pie tin. Three-quarters of all living bearers belong to either the Baby Boom or the Silent generation, keeping the sound tethered to rotary dials and mail slots. An Edna tends to be pictured waiting for the doors of the local bank to unlock at nine in the morning.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The name reached its high-water mark in 1918 with about nine thousand births, ranking twenty-third nationwide as the First World War drew to a close.
Field Note 02
Although its statistical peak arrived in 1918, the average living bearer is seventy-one years old, bolstered by a post-war cluster born around 1947.
Field Note 03
The record shows almost entirely female usage across about 296,000 entries since 1880, with virtually no wandering into adjacent ledger columns.
Field Note 04
Only seventy-two American infants received the name in 2025, leaving the living population held primarily by the Baby Boom and Silent generations.
Notable Ednas
AI-WrittenEdna Ferbernovelist, b. 1885
Edna St. Vincent Millaypoet, b. 1892
Edna Purvianceactress, b. 1895
Ephemera — If Edna were a…
AI-WrittenCity
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Color
Amber bottle glass
Job
Switchboard supervisor
Object
Cast-iron doorstop
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