Eda
Eda was the 5600th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1885, when it ranked 313th; the most babies were born in 1916 (100). Over the last ten years it has moved up 284 places. More babies were named Eda in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,600 girls, up 321 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1916100 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,208babies recorded
Eda popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,600 | 22 |
| 2020 | #5,921 | 20 |
| 2010 | #6,996 | 18 |
| 2000 | #6,286 | 17 |
| 1990 | #7,002 | 12 |
| 1980 | #6,941 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1960 | #3,125 | 16 |
| 1950 | #1,802 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,558 | 25 |
| 1930 | #996 | 55 |
| 1920 | #852 | 72 |
| 1910 | #773 | 31 |
| 1900 | #583 | 36 |
| 1890 | #406 | 39 |
| 1880 | #342 | 22 |
How popular is Eda, counting every spelling?
Eda is the most common spelling of a name family that had 31 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 31 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eda | 22 | #5,600 | 109 |
| Edda | 9 | #10,318 | 61 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Eda?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Eda (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Eda born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Eda.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Eda?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Eda are alive today, with a median age of 50; half are between 18 and 73. That makes Eda mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Eda: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Eda, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Eda
How popular is the name Eda?
Eda was the 5600th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1885, when it ranked 313th; the most babies were born in 1916 (100). Over the last ten years it has moved up 284 places. More babies were named Eda in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Eda a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Eda in the US.