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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #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 1917

girls
#28
7,532 births · 1 in 144 girls
boys
#1,693
19 births · 1 in 48,710 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #28Edith7,532

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #1,693Edith19
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 144 of them was named Edith, which outranked 99.5% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edith
  1. #25Doris7,819
  2. #26Eleanor7,669
  3. #27Ruby7,662
  4. #28Edith7,532
  5. #29Lucille7,529
  6. #30Grace7,373
  7. #31Hazel7,285
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 48,710 of them was named Edith, which outranked 63.2% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edith
  1. #1,643Tyree20
  2. #1,643Vertis20
  3. #1,643Xavier20
  4. #1,693Edith19
  5. #1,693Albertus19
  6. #1,693Albion19
  7. #1,693Alexis19
  8. #1,755Adell18
  9. #1,755Anselmo18
  10. #1,755Arlen18

Tied with 61 names at #1,693; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917