girl's name
Edessa
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 76
Edessa is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2025, when 9 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 368,460 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1917.
Edessa over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 8 |
| 1960s | 5 |
| 1990s | 11 |
| 2000s | 12 |
| 2010s | 25 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 15 |
How popular is Edessa?
In 2025, Edessa was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Edessa
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Edessa also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Edessa over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Edessa
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Edessa — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Edessa
How popular is the name Edessa?
In 2025, Edessa was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Edessa a girl's or a boy's name?
Edessa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Edessa most popular?
Edessa peaked in 2025, when 9 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Edessa a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Edessa currently ranks #10,604 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.