Edra vs Edris
American parents have registered 1,431 Edras since 1880, against 1,114 Edrises. But in 2025 it was Edris that was commoner, 25 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Edra Edris
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 114 years in which either name was published, Edra for 67 years and Edris for 47 years. The lead changed hands 20 times.
- 1901–1960 Edra ahead, apart from 4 short spells
- 1963–1966 Edris ahead
- 1967–1976 Edra ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1982–2025 Edris ahead, apart from one short spell
11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Edra | Edris | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,431 | 1,114 |
| Most in one year | 42 | 25 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 25 |
| Estimated living today | 400 | 590 |
| Median age today | 74 | 20 |
| Peak year | 1920 | 1915 |
| Best rank | 1,171st girls | 1,475th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1901 | 1899 |
| Girls / boys | 1,431 / 0 | 706 / 408 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Edras alive today are over 74; half the Edrises are over 20. That is 54 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Edra and Edris.