Edana
Edana is a name with a single cultural origin: History.
- History
Meaning & Origin of Edana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Edana is a name with a single cultural origin: History.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- History
The Story of Edana
The earliest SSA record of Edana as a baby girl name dates back to 1941, when 5 babies received it. 1973 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Edana — #4,362 in the national rankings. About 32% of every Edana on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Edana last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 224 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Edana
Edana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1941 and has accumulated 224 births in the dataset. Edana's peak popularity came in 1973 when it ranked #4,362. Use the chart and map above to compare Edana's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.