Edith

#499 for girls in 2025, 595 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #6,992
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1894 · 1,820 births
Debut · girls
768 births
In top 100 · girls
59 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
270,880
since 1880

Edith over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #26, 1894girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#499595
2024#528581
2023#503605
2022#513609
2021#493638
2020#472650
2019#501628
2018#517605
2017#476655
2016#486641
2015#524599
2014#623462
2013#716387
2012#759365
2011#772352
2010#821326
2009#840333
2008#803359
2007#728400
2006#649446
2005#627448
2004#682404
2003#677389
2002#571459
2001#592428
2000#565462
1999#581426
1998#586412
1997#547430
1996#566410
1995#443577#6,9927
1994#493507#8,8005
1993#576412
1992#549428#6,1288
1991#527444
1990#558423
1989#597360
1988#597335
1987#611316
1986#576339#6,7215
1985#616307#6,5235
1984#607294
1983#610288#5,4846
1982#606296
1981#573322
1980#550339#6,2505
1979#551338#6,0565
1978#540331
1977#533340
1976#459419
1975#472394
1974#453402
1973#443424
1972#413476
1971#407527
1970#390600#4,2306
1969#381603
1968#369604
1967#343673
1966#312800
1965#300889#3,9305
1964#296966
1963#2931,000
1962#2841,020
1961#2621,164#4,0655
1960#2431,282#3,3377
1959#2331,357#3,9885
1958#2301,318#3,5596
1957#2231,412#3,5526
1956#2111,477
1955#2041,524#3,8865
1954#2111,422
1953#2021,526#3,7985
1952#1831,639#3,7345
1951#1651,850
1950#1501,953#2,7708
1949#1452,064#3,0197
1948#1402,082#3,6685
1947#1362,201#2,6719
1946#1361,975
1945#1321,842#2,9966
1944#1232,175#3,4305
1943#1182,380#1,98614
1942#1132,458#2,14512
1941#1032,462#2,33310
1940#982,510#1,89414
1939#1022,474#2,28810
1938#1022,600#2,32610
1937#962,647#1,82815
1936#872,759#2,06212
1935#872,830#1,70817
1934#813,012#1,93214
1933#803,110#1,90514
1932#693,570#2,6389
1931#653,772#1,64319
1930#614,273#1,49624
1929#594,455#2,00215
1928#564,846#2,04815
1927#485,403#1,79619
1926#425,786#1,51524
1925#426,275#1,45126
1924#366,890#1,89418
1923#366,836#2,77210
1922#347,136#2,04016
1921#337,589#2,26514
1920#327,773#1,45726
1919#297,767#1,88217
1918#307,858#1,76719
1917#287,532#1,69319
1916#287,307#2,25912
1915#316,761#2,31011
1914#315,209#1,77213
1913#294,366#1,9459
1912#313,842#1,41712
1911#312,825#1,2908
1910#352,592#82214
1909#332,371#80413
1908#272,410#1,0218
1907#322,177#9309
1906#302,160#1,1116
1905#302,137#1,0916
1904#331,944#76010
1903#331,901
1902#331,853
1901#321,863
1900#362,068#9029
1899#321,794#61311
1898#321,981#8048
1897#301,823#8527
1896#291,932#72210
1895#271,940
1894#261,820#1,0745
1893#301,733#8367
1892#331,625#9566
1891#291,509
1890#301,493#6679
1889#291,523#7897
1888#291,453#8157
1887#291,243#7527
1886#311,184#6479
1885#311,071#9365
1884#271,104
1883#31881
1882#29876
1881#27778#5959
1880#28768#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Edith was already there! It came in at #28, and was given to 768 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1973–1990, when fewer than 430 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 29 spots since 2024 (#528#499)
  • 27 spots since 2020 (#472#499)
  • 25 spots since 2015 (#524#499)
  • Biggest jump: 99 spots in 2015 (#623#524)
  • Biggest drop: 123 spots in 1996 (#443#566)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #26 (1,820 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 71 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 59 yrs · run 1880–1937
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 117
  • Highest: 1 in 117 girls born in 1884 were named Edith (0.86%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,701 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #26 in 1894, was only 1 in 122 (0.82%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.3% of all girls named Edith (62,989) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10,881#27 (1884)#29
1890s17,650#26 (1894)#30
1900s20,884#27 (1908)#32
1910s56,059#28 (1917)#30
1920s62,989#32 (1920)#42
1930s31,047#61 (1930)#83
1940s22,149#98 (1940)#124
1950s15,478#150 (1950)#201
1960s9,001#243 (1960)#308
1970s4,251#390 (1970)#466
1980s3,196#550 (1980)#594
1990s4,469#443 (1995)#543
2000s4,128#565 (2000)#673
2010s5,020#476 (2017)#620
2020s3,678#472 (2020)#501

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Edith in 1906

girls
#30
2,160 births · 1 in 137 girls
boys
#1,111
6 births · 1 in 22,192 boys

Top girls' names in 1906

  1. #1Mary16,370
  2. #2Helen7,176
  3. #3Margaret6,096
  4. #4Anna5,502
  5. #5Ruth5,140
  6. #6Dorothy4,326
  7. #7Elizabeth4,320
  8. #8Alice4,192
  9. #9Mildred3,873
  10. #10Florence3,691
  11. #30Edith2,160

Top boys' names in 1906

  1. #1John8,264
  2. #2William6,566
  3. #3James5,908
  4. #4George4,201
  5. #5Robert3,635
  6. #6Charles3,607
  7. #7Joseph3,527
  8. #8Frank2,798
  9. #9Edward2,398
  10. #10Thomas2,176
  11. #1,111Edith6
More about 1906

girls

295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 137 of them was named Edith, which outranked 98.6% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edith
  1. #27Clara2,228
  2. #28Emma2,224
  3. #29Martha2,199
  4. #30Edith2,160
  5. #31Thelma2,114
  6. #32Evelyn2,077
  7. #33Esther2,065
Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. 1,036Lavera#1,931#895
  2. 1,014Luberta#1,931#917
  3. 1,014Williemae#1,931#917
  4. 851Evelyne#1,696#845
  5. 851Gregoria#1,696#845
Fallers
  1. 1,126Dulcie#825#1,951
  2. 1,051Zelpha#900#1,951
  3. 930Sydney#797#1,727
  4. 855Lester#872#1,727
  5. 801Alvira#926#1,727

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

133,154 boys got a published name in 1906; 1 in 22,192 of them was named Edith, which outranked 21.4% of the 1,413 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edith
  1. #1,004Wilfrid7
  2. #1,004Woodie7
  3. #1,004Woodrow7
  4. #1,111Edith6
  5. #1,111Acie6
  6. #1,111Albion6
  7. #1,111Aldo6
  8. #1,253Adrien5
  9. #1,253Alger5
  10. #1,253Almond5

Tied with 141 names at #1,111; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. 665Sheldon#1,233#568
  2. 568Rudy#1,091#523
  3. 530Mac#1,002#472
  4. 524Llewellyn#1,233#709
  5. 524Casey#1,233#709
Fallers
  1. 661Price#592#1,253
  2. 617Foy#636#1,253
  3. 587Benton#666#1,253
  4. 554Cruz#699#1,253
  5. 554Larkin#699#1,253

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1906