Edner
A masculine given name of unknown origin and unclear meaning.
Name Census estimates that about 7 living Americans carry the first name Edner. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 82.5% of registrations being female. The average person named Edner today is around 39 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Edner births was 1992 (7 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Edner. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Edner. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
7
~ 1 in 48,964,905 Americans
Peak year
1992
7 babies that year
Average age
39
years old
1992 SSA rank
#5,047
Tracked since 1909
Census
Edner in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 501 people with the first name Edner, which placed it at #20,571 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#20,571
National first-name rank
People counted
501
501 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
83.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Edner
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Edner is Black at 83.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (9.0%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (3.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Edner described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Edner at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American83.0% · 416
- Hispanic or Latino9.0% · 45
- Asian and Pacific Islander3.2% · 16
- White2.6% · 13
- Two or more races1.8% · 9
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.4% · 2
Gender
Gender distribution for Edner
Edner leans heavily female at 82.5% of total registrations, but 7 boys have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Edner as a male name
- Ranked #6,897 in 1992
- 7 male births in 1992
- Peak: 1992 (7 births)
Edner as a female name
- Ranked #5,047 in 1926
- 5 female births in 1926
- Peak: 1909 (6 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Edner leans strongly male. 456 people counted with this name were male (92.5%), compared with 37 female bearers (7.5%).
Popularity
Edner: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Edner from the 1900s through to the 1990s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1920s, with 16 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1920s peak, Edner remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Edner by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Edner during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Edners live
Origin
Meaning and history of Edner
The name Edner has its roots in the Germanic languages, tracing back to the Old High German and Old English periods around the 6th to 11th centuries. It is believed to be derived from the Germanic elements "aud" or "od," meaning wealth or prosperity, and "ner," meaning brave or strong. As such, the name Edner could have originally meant "prosperous warrior" or "wealthy fighter."
While the name Edner does not appear to have any direct references in ancient texts or religious scriptures, it shares similarities with other Germanic names that were more prevalent during the Middle Ages. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, which recorded landowners in England after the Norman conquest. An individual named Edner is listed as holding lands in Lincolnshire.
Throughout history, a few notable individuals bore the name Edner. One of the earliest was Edner of Malmesbury, a 12th-century English monk and historian who wrote the "Modern History" chronicle documenting events from the Norman Conquest to the reign of King Stephen (born c. 1095 - died after 1142). Another was Edner von Greiffenberg, a 16th-century German nobleman and landowner in Silesia (born c. 1520 - died 1589).
In the 19th century, Edner Lamartine was a French poet and writer who was part of the Romantic movement (born 1790 - died 1869). Edner Renart was a Belgian painter known for his landscape and genre works (born 1831 - died 1904). Edner Gallaudet was an American educator and advocate for the deaf, who helped establish the first permanent school for the deaf in the United States (born 1837 - died 1917).
While not a common name, Edner has persisted through the centuries, carrying its Germanic roots and meanings of prosperity and strength. Its appearances in historical records and among notable individuals demonstrate its enduring, if somewhat obscure, presence throughout various cultures and time periods.
People
Edner + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Edner as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with E
Other first names starting with E with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Edner: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Edner?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 7 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Edner going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 48,964,905 US residents.
Is Edner a common name?
We classify Edner as "Very Rare". It ranks above 23.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 40 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Edner most popular?
The single biggest year for Edner was 1992, when 7 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Edner is about 39 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Edner in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 501 people with the name Edner, or 0.17 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #20,571 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Edner in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Edner?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Edner leans strongly male. 456 people counted with this name were male (92.5%), compared with 37 female bearers (7.5%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Edner?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Edner is Black at 83.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (9.0%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (3.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Edner most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Edner in the 2020 Census, accounting for 83.0% (416 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Edner in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Edner a female name?
Yes, 82.5% of people registered as Edner in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Edner still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Edner in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Edner can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Edner?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.