Edla

Girls' name

English equivalent of Ethel

Edla has been given to 300 babies in the U.S. since 1882. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1914, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Edla, 1949

1 in 697,000

Edla over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Edla: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Ethel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Edla means

Edla is a English equivalent of Ethel.

Origin, language, and formation

Edla is used in Swedish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ethel.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 300 girls were recorded with the name Edla between 1882 and 1949. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1914; its best national rank was #694 in 1882.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Edla?

Edla had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1949, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1949: 1 in 697,000; 5 of 3,484,085 births
Among girls only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1949: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 482,998 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Edla sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1949 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 482,998 children born in 1949 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Edla. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Edlas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Edla was born before 1916 — so the typical Edla is around 109 today.

Median birth year: 1916; About 109 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 30.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 25.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 30.3% of all recorded uses (91).

Is Edla rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1914 (14)
Years since peak: 111; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #694; 1882

Spellings of Edla

Edla is not the most common spelling — Emma is, with 21.3% against Edla's <0.01%.

Emma21.3%776,439
Ella9.7%351,313
Edna8.1%295,116
Eva7.8%284,761
Ida5.2%187,929
Ada2.9%106,905
Lola2.7%96,892
Lula2.3%85,248

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Edla by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #694; 1882
Peak year: 1914; 14 that year
First recorded: 1882
Last recorded: 1949
All-time count: 300
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Edla

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Edlin Edlyn Edlynn Wendla Vendla

Sibling names for Edla

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Golda Lauretta Leatha Leone Mayme Artie Alpha Hettie

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman

Explore around Edla

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