Edna appears in U.S. registration data going all the way back to 1880, when records begin. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 1918, 8,698 babies were named Edna (ranked #23 nationally). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #2121), with roughly 91 babies named Edna each year. Edna's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 296,064 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.