Eda
Eda is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 20 births. Its best rank was 313th, in 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 200.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1916100 births
- Best rank
- #313in 1885
- Since 1880
- 4,185people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,185 girls have been named Eda in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 100 births.
The name has all but left use: 20 births in 2024, against 100 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1925, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 50 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Eda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 305 | |
| 1890s | 380 | |
| 1900s | 296 | |
| 1910s | 685 | |
| 1920s | 706 | |
| 1930s | 360 | |
| 1940s | 293 | |
| 1950s | 276 | |
| 1960s | 153 | |
| 1970s | 97 | |
| 1980s | 92 | |
| 1990s | 106 | |
| 2000s | 144 | |
| 2010s | 185 | |
| 2020s | 107 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Eda was the 685th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1916 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Eda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Fannypeak 1916
- Jenniepeak 1917
- Idapeak 1918
- Nelliepeak 1918
- Dorapeak 1921
- Lydapeak 1916
- Adapeak 1918
- Ettapeak 1920
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.