How rare is the name Edwina?

9,100 people in the United States have the first name Edwina, about 1 in 33,190. It ranks #2,618 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EDWINA

#2,618

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,100
About
1 in 33,190
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 9,100 people named Edwina, 49.4% reported their origin as White, 32.3% as Black and 7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Edwina peaked in 1943, when 364 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
1943
Births that year
364
In 2025*
8 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,465 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Edwina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #780. The largest share of babies named Edwina, 29.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#1,48772
1890s#1,111190
1900s#975334
1910s#9621,202
1920s#8932,007
1930s#7802,362
1940s#8202,802
1950s#1,1072,187
1960s#1,1922,187
1970s#2,168832
1980s#2,434832
1990s#7,352229
2000s#14,129124
2010s#21,46565
2020s#20,31440
Before 19011.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2720.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4528.8%
Baby boom 1946–6429.8%
Generation X 1965–8011.5%
Millennials 1981–965.7%
Generation Z 1997–121.2%
2013 and later0.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Edwina is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Edwina has been most common in New Mexico (4.7×), Hawaii (3.7×), and Louisiana (3.4×), and least common in Kansas (0.4×).

10,808 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Edwina

#2,616 Matthias · 9,103#2,617 Murray · 9,102#2,619 Aliza · 9,086#2,620 Brinley · 9,080

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Edwina, most common first.

#348 Edwin · 160,734#9,246 Edina · 1,518#32,402 Edwinna · 260#35,980 Edwine · 222#40,711 Edwena · 182#48,328 Edwyna · 132

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