Edwardine

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Edwardine has been given to 88 babies in the U.S. since 1915. 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 1929, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Edwardine, 1955

1 in 803,000

Edwardine 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Edwardine: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Edwardine means

Edwardine is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Edward + -ine (feminine suffix). Piecewise doublet of Edwardina.

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Origin, language, and formation

Edwardine is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 88 girls were recorded with the name Edwardine between 1915 and 1955. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1929; its best national rank was #2,623 in 1929.

How common is Edwardine?

Edwardine had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1955, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1955: 1 in 803,000; 5 of 4,014,099 births
Among girls only: 1 in 391,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1955: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 556,473 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Edwardine 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 1955 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 556,473 children born in 1955 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Edwardine. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Edwardines were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Edwardine was born before 1929 — so the typical Edwardine is around 96 today.

Median birth year: 1929; About 96 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 36.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 50.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 11; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 36.4% of all recorded uses (32).

Is Edwardine 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 1929 (12)
Years since peak: 96; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,623; 1929

Edwardine 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: #2,623; 1929
Peak year: 1929; 12 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 1955
All-time count: 88
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Edwardine

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

Sibling names for Edwardine

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

Marvel Socorro Ofelia Billy Donald Ardith Bennie Paul

For a brother

Normand Frances Carrol Sanford Jules Bud Rolland Gaylord

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