Edwena

Girls' name

Variant of Edwina

Edwena has been given to 301 babies in the U.S. since 1912. 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 1928, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Edwena, 1981

1 in 494,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Edwena: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Edwina

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Edwena means

Edwena is a variant of Edwina.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Edwena is used in English (Rare).

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Edwena → Edwina → Edwin → Ēadwine. The family’s meaning is “happiness, prosperity + friend”, recorded in Old English with the source elements ēad and wine.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Edwina.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 301 girls were recorded with the name Edwena between 1912 and 1981. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1928; its best national rank was #2,415 in 1928.

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 Edwena?

Edwena had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1981, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1981: 1 in 494,000; 7 of 3,459,130 births
Among girls only: 1 in 238,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1981: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 342,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Edwena 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 1981 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 342,528 children born in 1981 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Edwena. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Edwenas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Edwena was born before 1934 — so the typical Edwena is around 91 today.

Median birth year: 1934; About 91 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 24.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 14.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 72; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 24.9% of all recorded uses (75).

Is Edwena 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 1928 (14)
Years since peak: 97; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 15.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,415; 1928

Spellings of Edwena

Edwena is not the most common spelling — Edna is, with 54.9% against Edwena's 0.06%.

Edna54.9%295,116
Elena20.1%108,013
Eden9.7%52,434
Dena6.0%32,479
Edwina2.9%15,465
Deena2.5%13,666
Rowena2.0%10,526
Ellena0.47%2,525

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.

Where Edwena is used

Across 1910–2025, Edwena was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 498,591 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Alabama1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Edwena has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Edwena 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: #2,415; 1928
Peak year: 1928; 14 that year
First recorded: 1912
Last recorded: 1981
All-time count: 301
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Edwena

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

Alaena Halena Mylena Galena Zelena Yalena Adeena Eleena Kawena Gimena Calena Cerena Edwyna Aveena Valena Syrena Thena Raveena Atheena Ciena Edwinna Solena Relena Kylena

Sibling names for Edwena

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

Paul Charline Ardis Germaine Darline Marvel Richard Leatrice

For a brother

Frances Jules Bud Rolland Normand Laverne Jewel Carrol

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